Precipitation Data

Dataset Abstract: Ten precipitation stations were set up to collect precipitation data (including rainfall/snowfall and snow depth measurements) across 6 USGS HUC10 watersheds. The heated tipping bucket rain gauge was utilized to obtain precipitation measurements. The heating mechanism engaged when temperatures were below freezing and thawed frozen precipitation to acquire measurements year-round (Heated Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge, Hydrological Services America). The data accuracy is within +/- 3% even with high rainfall intensities due to the integrated syphon mechanism which controls the release of precipitation into the tipping bucket (TB3 Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge, Hydrological Services America). The data were originally collected at a 1-minute time interval, which was changed to a 5-minute time interval in June 2016; however, not all data are continuous at this point. See the ReadMe file for complete details located in the zip file of precipitation data.Project and Funding Information: Project hosted by the Center for Regional Climate Studies. Funding provided by ND EPSCoR and the National Science Foundation.Source: Original dataset collection hosted by University of North Dakota, Scholarly Commons (see External Data Link). Permission to publish metadata in the NDSU Repository provided by Shawn Jaker, Center for Regional Climate Studies, University of North Dakota.ND EPSCoRNational Science Foundatio