{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Susan E. Dickerson-Lange", "hasEmail": "mailto:dickers@uw.edu"}, "description": "UIEF_wind Summary: Within the Flat Creek Unit of the University of Idaho\nExperimental Forest (UIEF) near Moscow, ID, 30-minute snow depth and meteorological\ndata were collected at seven locations across the Lawler Landing site (elevation 880\nm) from February to May of WY 2008. A 70 m north-south oriented transect of 5 snow\ndepth sensors was deployed to record sub-daily snow depth, with co-located\nmeteorological instruments. The sensors traversed a 40 m long elliptical forest gap\nand the adjacent forest in both directions. The locations were the same as those\nused previously to quantify how shortwave and longwave radiation vary across a\nforest gap [Lawler and Link, 2011]. Two additional snow depth sensors and\nmeteorological stations were deployed at \u201cinterior forest reference\u201d and \u201copen\nreference\u201d sites, situated 80 m southeast and 1200 m west, respectively, from the\nmain transect. Whereas the forest reference site was similar to the surrounding\nforest, the open reference site was much more exposed than the forest gap. These\ndata are generally raw datalogger output and have not been quality controlled in any\nway unless specifically designated in the variable name. See manufacturer\nspecifications for individual instruments to determine sensor accuracy. This file\nwas compiled from individual raw data files provided by IU, along with approximate\ncoordinates of the sensor locations. Collaborators at the University of Washington\n(Jessica Lundquist) converted the timestamp given in fractional julian days to a\ndates and added site attributes such as Location ID and cover. UIEF_snowdepth\nSummary: Observed snow depth from acoustic sensor. Measurements taken within the\nLowler Landing Gap, as part of the University of Idaho Experimental Forest. Sensor\ndata was collected half-hourly during February through May 2008. Sensor data\ncollected at 7 different points. See location metadata and data citation for\ndescription of locations. These data include raw values and values that were\nsmoothed by Diana Carson, see data citation for details. UIEF_Location Summary:\nWithin the Flat Creek Unit of the University of Idaho Experimental Forest (UIEF)\nnear Moscow, ID, 30-minute snow depth and meteorological data were collected at\nseven locations across the Lawler Landing site (elevation 880 m) from February to\nMay of WY 2008. These location metadata are assocatied with each unique location\nidentification, which ties to time series data. See Figure 1 of data citation for\nschematic map of locations. These coordinates are estimated from Google Earth based\non Dr. Timothy Link's memory of where the sensors were located. Other attributes of\neach location were recorded as field notes as part of the study design.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F70C4SW3", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.56e9d847e4b0f59b85d81a44.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_56e9d847e4b0f59b85d81a44", "keyword": ["Flat Creek", "Idaho", "Latah County", "Lawler landing", "USGS:56e9d847e4b0f59b85d81a44", "University of Idaho Experimental Forest", "forest canopy density", "meteorological observations", "snow depth", "snow observations"], "modified": "2026-09-02T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-116.88060951652, 46.7351547311344, -116.658823017497, 46.8930470137255", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Smoothed snow depth data, location, raw data with headers, and associated metadata for University of Idaho Experimental Forest Lawler Landing site"}