BOREAS Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge Data for Boreal Forest Hydrology

BOREAS HYD-09 tipping bucket rain gauge data provides 15-minute precipitation measurements from the Northern and Southern Study Areas in Canada. The data was collected by the ORNL_CLOUD organization during the growing seasons from mid-April to mid-October in 1994, 1995, and 1996. This dataset is a key hydrology component of the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study.

Use Cases

• Calibrating and validating hydrological models for boreal forest watersheds using 15-minute precipitation inputs.
• Analyzing intra-storm rainfall intensity and distribution patterns in a northern climate.
• Correlating precipitation events with other BOREAS flux and remote sensing data for ecosystem process studies.
• Investigating inter-annual variability of growing season rainfall from 1994 to 1996.

Strengths

• Data provides high-temporal-resolution 15-minute interval measurements for detailed hydrologic analysis.
• Covers three consecutive growing seasons (1994-1996), allowing for inter-annual comparison.
• Collected as part of the coordinated, large-scale BOREAS campaign, ensuring methodological consistency.

Limitations

• Exact row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided by any source.
• Data collection is limited to the growing season (mid-April to mid-October) each year, missing winter precipitation.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, listing both 1996-12-31 and 2026-03 13.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS HYD-09 team, organized by ORNL_CLOUD.

Collection Method

Measurements collected from tipping bucket rain gauges deployed in the BOREAS NSA and SSA.

Time Range

1994 to 1996 (mid-April to mid-October each year).

Freshness

2026-03-13 12:54:33.723235

Geography

BOREAS Northern Study Area (NSA) and Southern Study Area (SSA) in Canada.