MS050

Solar radiation data from benchmark stations at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, 1973 to present

• Creator(s): Mark D Schulze, Christopher Daly, W. Arthur McKee
• PI(s): Mark D Schulze, Christopher Daly, Suzanne M. Remillard
• Originator(s): W. Arthur McKee
• Other researcher(s): Mark D Schulze, Sherri L. Johnson, Julia A. Jones, Greg M Cohn, Adam M Kennedy, Stephanie A Schmidt
• Dates of data collection: May 10 1972 - Sep 30 2018
• Data collection status: Study continues and further data collection is planned
• Data access: Online
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/555713e91a072f5b228dde7eac379088
• Access constraint: MS050 is now the source for all quality checked benchmark solar radiation data. Current, provisional data will be posted on the provisional data portal. This dataset is under construction (June 2025). Data is available at EDI.
• Last update: Dec 16 2024 (Version 2)

<Citation>     <Acknowledgement>     <Disclaimer>    

Schulze, M.; Daly, C.; McKee, W. 2024. Solar radiation data from benchmark stations at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, 1973 to present. Long-Term Ecological Research. Forest Science Data Bank, Corvallis, OR. [Database]. Available: http://andlter.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/abstract.aspx?dbcode=MS050. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/555713e91a072f5b228dde7eac379088. Accessed 2025-06-24.

Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University.

While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is". The Andrews LTER shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of data sets.

ABSTRACT:
	A three-level hydro-climatological network for data monitoring was established in 1994. The networks at each level are nested to form a coordinated program of data acquisition and measurement. A future vision of linking the benchmark meteorological stations with regional weather stations to expand the future scope of studies was also considered in designing this network. The first-level in this top-down approach consists of Benchmark Meteorological Stations (BMS) and Benchmark Stream Stations. The BMS are designed to represent the environment across the Andrews. These stations are intended to provide complete, long-term, high temporal resolution, meso-scale hydroclimatological data. The location of the BMS network is based on factors such as elevation, aspect, vegetation gradients, and accessibility. Collected meteorological parameters are generally standardized across the BMS as well as methods and instrumentation. Secondary Meteorological Stations also follow standardized methods and serve similar purposes but are somewhat limited in meteorological parameters collected. The Primary Meteorological Station (PRIMET), Central Meteorological Station (CENMET), Upper Lookout Meteorological Station (UPLMET), and Vanilla Leaf Meteorological Station (VANMET) are the four Benchmark Stations, Climatic Station at Watershed 2 (CS2MET), and the Hi-15 Meteorological Station (H15MET) are Secondary Stations. In 2006, an additional Secondary Station was added at Watershed 7 (WS7MET) These solar radiation parameters were previously part of database code MS001, but were separated out into their own database in 2024 and the entities and attributes were reorganized in 2025 into shortwave, longwave, net radiation and PAR. The shortwave and longwave entities include both incoming and outgoing radiation where measured (see probe_code and method_code).

Study Description

Study Site Map

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ENTITY TITLES:
5	Shortwave solar radiation (daily) (May 10 1972 - Sep 30 2018)	METADATA	Data not online
	Includes incoming and outgoing shortwave solar radiation aggregated to daily values
15	Shortwave solar radiation (fine temporal resolution) (May 9 1972 - Oct 1 2018)	METADATA	Data not online
	Includes incoming and outgoing shortwave solar radiation
22	Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) (daily) (Jan 23 1998 - Sep 30 2018)	METADATA	Data not online
	aggregated to daily values
25	Net radiation (daily) (Apr 17 2013 - Sep 30 2018)	METADATA	Data not online
	Calculated from all 4 components (incoming and outgoing shortwave and longwave radiation) and aggregated to daily values
27	Longwave irradiance (daily)	METADATA	Data not online
	Includes incoming and outgoing longwave solar radiation aggregated to daily values
28	Instrument body temperature (daily)	METADATA	Data not online
	Temperature measured by the sensor/instrument body aggregated to daily values
32	Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) (fine temporal resolution) (Jan 23 1998 - Oct 1 2018)	METADATA	Data not online
35	Net radiation (five minute resolution) (Apr 16 2013 - Oct 1 2018)	METADATA	Data not online
	Calculated from all 4 components (incoming and outgoing shortwave and longwave radiation). See Entity 15 for long-term incoming shortwave pyranometer record and entity 37 for longwave radiation.
37	Longwave irradiance (fine temporal resolution)	METADATA	Data not online
	Includes incoming and outgoing longwave solar radiation
38	Instrument body temperature (fine temporal resolution)	METADATA	Data not online
	Temperature measured by the sensor/instrument body
RELATED MATERIALS:
	Provisional Real-Time Data Graphs and Other Data Products - Access real-time climate and hydrology stations data graphs (for the past few weeks) and other data products on the Andrews Experimental Forest
	HJA Provisional Data Portal - Access provisional data from climate and hydrology stations on the Andrews Experimental Forest
	Climate station field report (September 2007) - An assessment of site characteristics for the benchmark climate stations at the Andrews Experimental Forest (PDF)
	H.J. Andrews Climate Station Methods History - View climate data collection methods that have been used over time at select stations. Results can be filtered by parameter, climate station, and date range. A general text search is also available.
	Method history description by probe code - The follow link describes data collection methods (by date range and resolution) that have been used by each unique probe across the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. Results are filtered by database code, sitecode, parameter, and probe.
RELATED DATABASES:
	Meteorological data from benchmark stations at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, 1957 to present (MS001)
	Snow depth and snow water equivalent measurements along a road course and historic snow course in the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1978 to present (MS007)
	Precipitation measurements from historic and current standard, storage and recording rain gauges at the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1951 to present (MS004)
	Soil moisture and soil temperature from Benchmark Stations at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, 1987 to present (SP038)
	Wind speed and direction data from benchmark stations at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, 1973 to present (MS049)