Contents and format of rellai.dat (File 19)
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Table 1. Environmental sensors attached to the TDE ambient plot CR10X data
logger as of December 2000
Sensor Units Number Measurement Logging
of interval interval
sensors
Time stamp
Year y n/a 1 h hourly
Day d n/a 1 h hourly
Time hh:mm n/a 1 h hourly
Fractional day of year d n/a 1 h hourly
Battery voltage v n/a 1 h hourly
Above-canopy sensors
Pyranometer (LiCor (R) LI-200SA) W m^-2 s^-1 1 1 min hourly mean
Wind speed (Campbell
Scientific (R) 014A) m s^-1 1 1 min hourly mean
Rainfall (Campbell Scientific (R)
TE525MM) mm 1 continuous hourly sum
Quantum (LiCor (R) LI-191SA) mol m^-2 s^-1 2 1 min hourly mean
Air temperature/relative humidity
(Rotronics (R) 101) deg C/% 1 1 min hourly mean
Understory sensors
Understory rainfall (a) (Campbell
Scientific (R) TE525MM) mm 1 continuous hourly sum
Quantum (LiCor (R) LI-191SA) mol m^-2 s^-1 1 1 min hourly mean
Air temperature/relative humidity
(Rotronics (R) 101)a deg C/% 1 1 min hourly mean
Soil and litter sensors
Soil temperature (Campbell
Scientific (R) 107) deg C 4 1 min hourly mean
Soil water content (Campbell
Scientific (R) 615) % v/v 8 1 min hourly mean
Litter water content (DC
half-bridge) (a) g g^-1 8 1 min hourly mean
Soil matric potential MPa 8 12 h twice daily
Plant measurements
Sapflow (a) deg C 8 1 min hourly mean
Sapflow voltage (a) (Dynamax (R)
thermal dissipation sap
velocity probe) V 1 1 min hourly mean
(a) data not included in this numeric data package.
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Table 2. Files in this numeric data package
File File size
number File name (bytes) File description
1 ndp078a.txt 98k Descriptive file (i.e., this document)
2 tdeambi.csi 16k Example data program for the CR10X data logger editor for the
TDE ambient plot and its instruments
3 tdeambi.dld 4k Example data logger download file for the TDE ambient plot and
its instruments
4 sw.dat 13k Mean soil water content and potential (1993-2000), by date,
treatment, and depth
5 nine.dat 14k Mean soil water content and potential for the 0- to 35-cm depth
increment (1993-2000),
by date, treatment and slope position
6 tdr.dat 2.1M Gridded soil water content
7 rocks.dat 12k Coarse fraction for the 0- to 30- and 30- to 60-cm portions of
the soil profile
8 littert.dat 824k Litter layer temperature
9 st9398.dat 1.9M Soil temperature for 1993-1998
10 st9900.dat 1.9M Soil temperature for 1999-2000
11 mweather.dat 7k Monthly weather data
12 dweather.dat 265k Daily weather data
13 hw9399.dat 4.6M Hourly weather data for 1993-1999
14 hw00.dat 678k Hourly weather data for 2000
15 comptree.dat 68k Species composition: Trees (>10-cm dbh)
16 compsap.dat 27k Species composition: Saplings (<10-cm dbh and >1 m tall)
17 atree.dat 53k Mature tree annual growth
18 asapling.dat 88k Sapling annual growth
19 rellai.dat 37k Seasonal patterns of relative leaf area index
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Table 3. Contents and format of sw.dat
(File 4)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
DATE Character 18 1 18 n/a Measurement date (month, day, year)
RDOY Integer 5 19 23 d Running day of the year (days since
January 1, 1993)
DOY Integer 4 24 27 d Day of the year (1 = 1 January, 365 or
366 = 31 December)
W35WC Real 5 28 32 % v/v Mean 'wet' plot water content of the 0-
to 35-cm depth increment
A35WC Real 5 33 37 % v/v Mean 'ambient' plot water content of the
0- to 35-cm depth increment
D35WC Real 5 38 42 % v/v Mean 'dry' plot water content of the 0-
to 35-cm depth increment
W35WP Real 6 43 48 MPa Mean 'wet' plot water potential of the 0-
to 35-cm depth increment
A35WP Real 6 49 54 MPa Mean 'ambient' plot water potential of
the 0- to 35-cm depth increment
D35WP Real 6 55 60 MPa Mean 'dry' plot water potential of the 0-
to 35-cm depth increment
W70WC Real 5 61 65 % v/v Mean 'wet' plot water content of the 0-
to 70-cm depth increment
A70WC Real 5 66 70 % v/v Mean 'ambient' plot water content of the
0- to 70-cm depth increment
D70WC Real 5 71 75 % v/v Mean 'dry' plot water content of the 0-
to 70-cm depth increment
W3570WC Real 5 76 80 % v/v Mean 'wet' plot water content of the 35-
to 70-cm depth increment
A3570WC Real 5 81 85 % v/v Mean 'ambient' plot water content of the
35- to 70-cm depth increment
D3570WC Real 5 86 90 % v/v Mean 'dry' plot water content of the 35-
to 70-cm depth increment
W3570WP Real 6 91 96 MPa Mean 'wet' plot water potential of the
35- to 70-cm depth increment
A3570WP Real 6 97 102 MPa Mean 'ambient' plot water potential of
the 35- to 70-cm depth increment
D3570WP Real 6 103 108 MPa Mean 'dry' plot water potential of the
35- to 70-cm depth increment
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Table 4. Contents and format of nine.dat
(File 5)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
DOY Integer 4 6 9 d Day of the year (1 = 1 January, 365 or
366 = 31 December)
RDOY Integer 5 10 14 d Running day of the year (days since
January 1, 1993)
WBWC Real 5 15 19 % v/v Mean water content of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the bottom wet plot
location
WMWC Real 5 20 24 % v/v Mean water content of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the middle wet plot
location
WUWC Real 5 25 29 % v/v Mean water content of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the upper wet plot
location
ABWC Real 5 30 34 % v/v Mean water content of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the bottom ambient plot
location
AMWC Real 5 35 39 % v/v Mean water content of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the middle ambient plot
location
AUWC Real 5 40 44 % v/v Mean water content of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the upper ambient plot
location
DBWC Real 5 45 49 % v/v Mean water content of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the bottom dry plot
location
DMWC Real 5 50 54 % v/v Mean water content of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the middle dry plot
location
DUWC Real 5 55 59 % v/v Mean water content of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the upper dry plot
location
WBWP Real 7 60 66 MPa Mean water potential of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the bottom wet plot
location
WMWP Real 7 67 73 MPa Mean water potential of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the middle wet plot
location
WUWP Real 7 74 80 MPa Mean water potential of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the upper wet plot
location
ABWP Real 7 81 87 MPa Mean water potential of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the bottom ambient plot
location
AMWP Real 7 88 94 MPa Mean water potential of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the middle ambient plot
location
AUWP Real 7 95 101 MPa Mean water potential of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the upper ambient plot
location
DBWP Real 7 102 108 MPa Mean water potential of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the bottom dry plot
location
DMWP Real 7 109 115 MPa Mean water potential of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the middle dry plot
location
DUWP Real 7 116 122 MPa Mean water potential of the 0- to 35-cm
depth increment of the upper dry plot
location
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Table 5. Contents and format of tdr.dat
(File 6)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
DOY Integer 4 6 9 d Day of the year (1 = 1 January, 365
or 366 = 31 December)
DEPTH Integer 3 10 12 cm Depth interval (35 = 0-35 cm, 70 =
0-70 cm)
TREAT Character 2 13 14 n/a Treatment (W = wet, A = ambient, D =
dry)
SLOPE Character 2 15 16 n/a Slope position (U = upper, M =
middle, B = bottom)
Y Integer 3 17 19 arbitrary Y coordinate position up/down the
units slope
X Integer 3 20 22 arbitrary X coordinate position across the
units slope
YM Integer 3 23 25 m Y coordinate position up/down the
slope
XM Integer 4 26 29 m X coordinate position across the
slope
SWC Real 5 30 34 % v/v Soil water content
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Table 6. Contents and format of rocks.dat (File 7)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
TREAT Character 2 1 2 n/a Treatment (W = wet, A = ambient, D =
dry)
SLOPE Character 2 3 4 n/a Slope position (U = upper, M =
middle, B = bottom)
Y Integer 3 5 7 arbitrary Y coordinate position up/down the
units slope
X Integer 3 8 10 arbitrary X coordinate position across the
units slope
CFMASS30 Integer 5 11 15 g Mass of rocks (mostly chert) at depth
of 0-30 cm
CFVOL30 Real 6 16 21 cm^3 Volume of the rocks at depth of 0-30
cm
CFPCT30 Real 5 22 26 % v/v Percent coarse fraction by volume at
depth of 0-30 cm
CFMASS60 Integer 5 27 31 g Mass of rocks (mostly chert) at depth
of 30-60 cm
CFVOL60 Real 6 32 37 cm^3 Volume of the rocks at depth of 30-60
cm
CFPCT60 Real 5 38 42 % v/v Percent coarse fraction by volume at
depth of 30-60 cm
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Table 7. Contents and format of littert.dat (File 8)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
DOY Integer 4 6 9 month Day of the year (1 = 1 January, 365 or
366 = 31 December)
DFOY Real 7 10 16 d Day fraction of the year
TREAT Character 2 17 18 n/a Treatment (W = wet, A = ambient, D = dry)
LITTERT Real 6 19 24 deg C Litter temperature
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Table 8. Contents and format of st9398.dat (File 9)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
MOY Integer 3 6 8 month Month of the year (1 = January, ...,
12 = December)
DOY Integer 4 9 12 d Day of the year (1 = 1 January, 365 or
366 = 31 December)
DFOY Real 7 13 19 d Day fraction of the year
HOY Integer 5 20 24 h Hour of the year
ST10 Real 6 25 30 deg C Soil temperature at depth = 10 cm
ST35 Real 6 31 36 deg C Soil temperature at depth = 35 cm
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Table 9. Contents and format of st9900.dat (File 10)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
MOY Integer 3 6 8 month Month of the year (1 = January, ...,
12 = December)
DOY Integer 4 9 12 d Day of the year (1 = 1 January, 365 or
366 = 31 December)
DFOY Real 7 13 19 d Day fraction of the year
HOY Integer 5 20 24 h Hour of the year
ST10 Real 8 25 32 deg C Soil temperature at depth = 10 cm
ST27 Real 8 33 40 deg C Soil temperature at depth = 27 cm
STW6 Real 6 41 46 deg C Soil temperature for wet plot,
depth = 6 cm
STW31 Real 6 47 52 deg C Soil temperature for wet plot,
depth = 31 cm
STW55 Real 6 53 58 deg C Soil temperature for wet plot,
depth = 55 cm
STW72 Real 6 59 64 deg C Soil temperature for wet plot,
depth = 72 cm
STA7 Real 6 65 70 deg C Soil temperature for ambient plot,
depth = 7 cm
STA32 Real 6 71 76 deg C Soil temperature for ambient plot,
depth = 32 cm
STA59 Real 6 77 82 deg C Soil temperature for ambient plot,
depth = 59 cm
STA100 Real 6 83 88 deg C Soil temperature for ambient plot,
depth = 100 cm
STD9 Real 6 89 94 deg C Soil temperature for dry plot,
depth = 9 cm
STD30 Real 6 95 100 deg C Soil temperature for dry plot,
depth = 30 cm
STD45 Real 6 101 106 deg C Soil temperature for dry plot,
depth = 45 cm
STD63 Real 6 107 112 deg C Soil temperature for dry plot,
depth = 63 cm
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Table 10. Contents and format of mweather.dat (File 11)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
MONTH Integer 3 6 8 month Month (1 = January, ...,
12 = December)
QUAN Integer 5 9 13 mol m^-2 Integrated incident photosynthetically
active radiation (PAR)
PYRAN Integer 4 14 17 MW m^-2 Integrated incident total radiation
RAIN Integer 4 18 21 mm Monthly total rain (sum
of hourly values)
ATMIN Real 6 22 27 deg C Monthly 1-h minimum air temperature
ATMEAN Real 5 28 32 deg C Monthly 1-h mean air temperature
ATMAX Real 5 33 37 deg C Monthly 1-h maximum air temperature
RHMIN Real 5 38 42 % Monthly 1-h minimum relative humidity
RHMEAN Real 5 43 47 % Monthly 1-h mean relative humidity
RHMAX Real 6 48 53 % Monthly 1-h maximum relative humidity
STMIN Real 5 54 58 deg C Monthly 1-h minimum soil temperature
(15-cm depth)
STMEAN Real 5 59 63 deg C Monthly 1-h mean soil temperature
(15-cm depth)
STMAX Real 5 64 68 deg C Monthly 1-h maximum soil temperature
(15-cm depth)
WIND Real 6 69 74 m/s Mean daily wind speed
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Table 11. Contents and format of dweather.dat (File 12)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
DOY Integer 4 6 9 d Day of the year (1 = 1 January, ...,
365 or 366 = 31 December)
QUAN Real 6 10 15 mol m^-2 Integrated incident photosynthetically
active radiation (PAR)
PYRAN Real 6 16 21 MW m^-2 Integrated incident total radiation
RADMEAN Real 10 22 31 W m^-2 Mean daily radiation
RAIN Integer 6 32 37 mm Monthly total rain (sum
of hourly values)
ATMIN Real 6 38 43 deg C Monthly 1-h minimum air temperature
ATMEAN Real 6 44 49 deg C Monthly 1-h mean air temperature
ATMAX Real 5 50 54 deg C Monthly 1-h maximum air temperature
RHMIN Real 6 55 60 % Monthly 1-h minimum relative humidity
RHMEAN Real 6 61 66 % Monthly 1-h mean relative humidity
RHMAX Real 6 67 72 % Monthly 1-h maximum relative humidity
STMIN Real 5 73 77 deg C Monthly 1-h minimum soil temperature
(15-cm depth)
STMEAN Real 5 78 82 deg C Monthly 1-h mean soil temperature
(15-cm depth)
STMAX Real 5 83 87 deg C Monthly 1-h maximum soil temperature
(15-cm depth)
WIND Real 5 88 92 m/s Mean hourly wind speed
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Table 12. Contents and format of hw9399.dat (File 13) and hw00.dat (File 14)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
MOY Integer 3 6 8 month Month of the year
(1 = January, ..., 12 = December)
DOY Integer 4 9 12 d Day of the year (1 = 1 January,
..., 365 or 366 = 31 December)
DFOY Real 7 13 19 d Day fraction of the year
HOY Integer 5 20 24 h Hour of the year
QUAN Integer 5 25 29 mol m^-2 s^-1 Mean incident photosynthetically
active radiation (PAR)
PYRAN Integer 5 30 34 W m^-2 Mean incident hourly radiation
UQUAN Integer 5 35 39 mol m^-2 s^-1 Mean hourly understory (1.5 m
above ground level) PAR
AT Real 6 40 45 deg C Hourly mean air temperature
RH Real 6 46 51 % Hourly mean relative humidity
RAIN Real 5 52 56 mm Hourly rainfall
WIND Real 5 57 61 m/s Mean hourly wind speed
ST Real 5 62 66 deg C Mean 1-h soil temperature (10- to
15-cm depth)
VPD Real 7 67 73 kPa Mean vapor pressure deficit
SWISIS Integer 5 74 78 W m^-2 Mean incident shortwave radiation
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Table 13. Contents and format of comptree.dat (File 15)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
ID Real 7 1 7 n/a Arbitrary individual tree
identification number
SPC Character 8 8 15 n/a Species code (see listing of
codes and species names
in Appendix C)
TREAT Character 2 16 17 n/a Treatment (W = wet, A =
ambient, D = dry)
SLOPE Character 2 18 19 n/a Slope position (U = upper, M =
middle, B = bottom)
Y Integer 3 20 22 arbitrary units Y coordinate position up/down
the slope
X Integer 3 23 25 arbitrary units X coordinate position across
the slope
YM Real 5 26 30 m Y coordinate position up/down
the slope
XM Real 6 31 36 m X coordinate position across
the slope
D010693 Real 6 37 42 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
on 1 June 1993
D010694 Real 6 43 48 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
on 1 June 1994
D011294 Real 6 49 54 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
on 1 December 1994
D010695 Real 6 55 60 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
on 1 June 1995
D010796 Real 6 61 66 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
on 1 July 1996
D010797 Real 6 67 72 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
on 1 July 1997
D010998 Real 6 73 78 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
on 1 September 1998
D011299 Real 6 79 84 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
on 1 December 1999
D290101 Real 6 85 90 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
on 29 January 2001
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Table 14. Contents and format of compsap.dat (File 16)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
ORDER Real 6 1 6 n/a Arbitrary individual tree
identifier
SPC Character 9 7 15 n/a Species code (see listing of
codes and species names
in Appendix C)
TREAT Character 2 16 17 n/a Treatment (W = wet, A =
ambient,D = dry)
SLOPE Character 2 18 19 n/a Slope position (U = upper, M =
middle, B = bottom)
Y Integer 2 20 21 arbitrary units Y coordinate position up/down
the slope
X Integer 3 22 24 arbitrary units X coordinate position across
the slope
PLOTID Integer 3 25 27 n/a Number of the sapling within an
individual plot
D1996 Real 6 28 33 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
in year 1996
D1997 Real 6 34 39 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
in year 1997
D1998 Real 6 40 45 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
in year 1998
D1999 Real 6 46 51 cm Diameter at height = 1.3 m
in year 1999
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Table 15. Contents and format of atree.dat (File 17)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
ID Integer 5 6 10 n/a Arbitrary individual tree
identification number
SPC Character 3 11 13 n/a Species code (see listing of
codes and species names
in Appendix C)
TREAT Character 2 14 15 n/a Treatment (W = wet, A =
ambient, D = dry)
SLOPE Character 2 16 17 n/a Slope position (U = upper, M =
middle, B = bottom)
Y Integer 3 18 20 arbitrary units Y coordinate position up/down
the slope
X Integer 3 21 23 arbitrary units X coordinate position across
the slope
GROWTH Integer 6 24 29 mm^2/y Basal area growth rate
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Table 16. Contents and format of asapling.dat (File 18)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 4 1 4 y Year
ID Character 8 5 12 n/a Arbitrary individual tree
identification number
SPC Character 3 13 15 n/a Species code (see listing of
codes and species names
in Appendix C)
TREAT Character 2 16 17 n/a Treatment (W = wet, A =
ambient, D = dry)
SLOPE Character 2 18 19 n/a Slope position (U = upper, M =
middle, B = bottom)
Y Integer 3 20 22 arbitrary units Y coordinate position up/down
the slope
X Integer 3 23 25 arbitrary units X coordinate position across
the slope
GROWTH Real 7 26 32 mm^2/y Basal area growth rate
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Table 17. Contents and format of rellai.dat (File 19)
Variable Variable Variable Starting Ending Units Definition and comments
type width column column
YEAR Integer 5 1 5 y Year
DOY Integer 4 6 9 d Day of the year (1 = 1 January, ...,
365 = 31 December)
RELLAI Real 6 10 15 n/a Fractional LAI (leaf area index)
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