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Location Name: Central Meteorological Station - CENMET

Parent: Meteorological Stations - MS001

Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees):
North: 44.24348200
West: -122.14109300
Elevation (meters):   1028
Slope (%):   21.57
Aspect (degrees):   224
Vegetation:
CANOPY: None overhead, open site, though insolation affected slightly from trees on adjacent hillsides. CONTINUOUS, OPEN CANOPY TYPE. SURFACE: Short grass, dirt.

Climate:
One of the benchmark MET sites. Insolation topographically blocked to east and southeast, with closest forest in those directions, on top of clear-cut hill. This prominent forest wall possibly affects temperature regime and wind patterns. In a large clear-cut. (JWS 2001)