Dataset title: NOAA Daily Surface Meteorologic Data at NCDC Royal Palm Ranger Station (ID-087760)(FCE LTER), South Florida, USA, May 1949 - ongoing Dataset ID: doi:10.6073/pasta/67830b52b0e38010f9811a7386eb4ee0 Research type: Climate Dataset Creator Organization: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) NOAA Address: National Climatic Data Center 151 Patton Avenue Room 468 Asheville, NC 28801-5001 USA Phone: 828-271-4800 Fax: 828-271-4876 Email: ncdc.orders@noaa.gov URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/ Metadata Provider Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida International University University Park OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-6054 Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Abstract The National Climatic Data Center's (NOAA) daily mean, maximum, and minimum air temperatures and daily precipitation collected at Royal Palm Ranger Station (Coop ID- 087760). Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes climatic data from Royal Palm Ranger Station, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Data were collected Royal Palm Ranger Station, South Florida West bounding coordinate: -80.594 East bounding coordinate: -80.594 North bounding coordinate: 25.387 South bounding coordinate: 25.387 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 1949-05-01 End Date: 2021-12-31 Data Table Entity Name: FCE_RoyalPalmRS_ClimDB_data.csv Entity Description: NOAA Daily Surface Meteorologic Data at NCDC Royal Palm Ranger Station (FCE), South Florida Object Name: FCE_RoyalPalmRS_ClimDB_data.csv Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: LTER_Site Attribute Label: sitename Attribute Definition: LTER Site Acronym Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: LTER Site Acronym Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Station Attribute Label: sitename Attribute Definition: Name of Coop Weather Station (National Weather Service) Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Name of Coop Weather Station (National Weather Service) Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Daily_AirTemp_Mean_C Attribute Label: temperature Attribute Definition: Mean Daily Air Temperature Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Flag_Daily_AirTemp_Mean_C Attribute Label: data flag Attribute Definition: Mean Air Temperature Data Flag Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: T= TRACE A= Accumulated amount since last measure B= Accumulated amount includes estimated values S= Included in a subsequent value Q= Preliminary Value, not been QA/QC M= Missing Data Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Daily_AirTemp_AbsMax_C Attribute Label: temperature Attribute Definition: Absolute Max Daily Air Temperature Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Flag_Daily_AirTemp_AbsMax_C Attribute Label: data flag Attribute Definition: Absolute Max Air Temperature Data Flag Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: T= TRACE A= Accumulated amount since last measure B= Accumulated amount includes estimated values S= Included in a subsequent value Q= Preliminary Value, not been QA/QC M= Missing Data Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Daily_AirTemp_AbsMin_C Attribute Label: temperature Attribute Definition: Absolute Min Daily Air Temperature Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Flag_Daily_AirTemp_AbsMin_C Attribute Label: data flag Attribute Definition: Absolute Min Air Temperature Data Flag Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: T= TRACE A= Accumulated amount since last measure B= Accumulated amount includes estimated values S= Included in a subsequent value Q= Preliminary Value, not been QA/QC M= Missing Data Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Daily_Precip_Total_mm Attribute Label: precipitation Attribute Definition: Daily Precipitation Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: millimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Flag_Daily_Precip_Total_mm Attribute Label: data flag Attribute Definition: Daily Precipitation Data Flag Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: T= TRACE A= Accumulated amount since last measure B= Accumulated amount includes estimated values S= Included in a subsequent value Q= Preliminary Value, not been QA/QC M= Missing Data Missing Value Code: Methods Sampling Description Climate data are downloaded from the National Climatic Data Center Web site and reformatted for use in the LTER ClimDB database (http://www.fsl.orst.edu/climdb/). Any Methods information can be found through the NCDC at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/. Method Step Description Quality Control Climate data are downloaded from the National Climatic Data Center Web site and reformatted for use in the LTER ClimDB database (http://www.fsl.orst.edu/climdb/). Any Quality Control information can be found through the NCDC at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/. The FCE LTER Information Manager reviews data for conversion accuracies. Distribution Online distribution: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1053/15/f6806c0b5d19277c1cfcdba01ab253a8 Intellectual Rights NOAA data are free and available to the public without restriction of use. Dataset Keywords meteorology air temperature precipitation FCE FCE LTER Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring South Florida Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program climate meteorological data Data Submission Date: 2016-07-07 Maintenance This is a long-term climate dataset and subsequent data will be appended. This dataset replaces all previous versions of FCE_RoyalPalmRS_ClimDB_data (v1-v21). The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013. Dataset Contact Organization: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) NOAA Address: National Climatic Data Center 151 Patton Avenue Room 468 Asheville, NC 28801-5001 USA Phone: 828-271-4800 Fax: 828-271-4876 Email: ncdc.orders@noaa.gov URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/ Position: Information Manager Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida International University University Park OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-6054 Fax: 305-348-4096 Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Submission Date 2016-07-07 Data Submission Notes The Data Flag Codes are described as T=TRACE, A=Accumulated amount since last measure, B=Accumulated amount includes estimated values, S=Included in a subsequent value, Q=Preliminary Value, not been QA/QC and M=Missing Data. Weather Station Information: Station Name: Royal Palm Ranger Station Roy, FL, United States Call Sign/ICS* : WBAN* : COOP ID* : 087760 Climate Division* : FL-06 - Lower East Coast WMO ID* : In Service* : 01 May 1949 to Present Elevation*: 2.1m (6.9') above s/l Lat/Lon* : 25°23'N / 80°36'W County*: Dade Lat (DD): +25.3866 Lon (DD): -805936 Information Management Notes Please Note: There may be some TIME GAPS in the data originally downloaded from the NCDC website at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/. The missing GAP data were NOT added into the data file by the FCE Information Manager and then tagged as 'Missing'. Those data values included in the data file tagged as 'Missing' were included in the original download from the NCDC. The FCE Information Manager (June 2014) converted original air temperatures from tenths of degrees C to Degrees C. Converted original precipitation from tenths of mm to mm.