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NM
STATE
UNIVERSITY
Eighteen Years (1990-2007) of Climatological
Data on NMSU's Corona Range and Livestock
Research Center
Research Report 761
L. Allen Ten oil, Kirk C. McDaniel, Shad Cox, Suman Majumdar'
INTRODUCTION
Range forage production on die (annua Range and
1 ivestock Research Center (CRLRC) is tied closely
to climate and weather conditions, especially seasonal
rami.ill amounts. Range and livestock management decisions are dependent on weather information and informed judgmeni about what those weather conditions
will be in the near and distant future. Further, numerous research projects conducted at the CRLRC arc influenced by climatological factors and require historical
and current data about weather conditions.
The objectives of this research report are to describe
the climatic data of the CRLRC over the 18-year period
tor which detailed climate data exist, and to provide a
baseline method by which these data can be updated
and made available online for use by CRLRC researc li
ers and others interested in weather conditions near
Corona, New Mexico. These weather data are updated
regularly and are available from the Corona Ranch web
site (NMSU-CRLRC, 2007)at http://agecon.nmsu.edu/
corona. The charts and tables provided in this report
link the reader to appropriate spreadsheets and databases
available online. Many of these charts are presented as
pivot charts and pivot tables in Access and Excel. The
knowledgeable user can download, query, and extract
updated data for their specific use. Additional daily and
hourly data not reported in this research report are available at the web site. An intermediate knowledge of Access and Excel is assumed for electronic data access.
Table of Contents
Page -.
Introduction
1
Weather Data Available For 1 'lie Corona Ranch
1
Results
3
Rainfall
3
Soil Moisture
4
Air Temperature
13
SoilTemperature
20
Relative Humidity
20
Wind Speed and Direction
20
Updated Data Access
20
WEATHER DATA AVAILABLE FOR THE
CORONA RANCH
The weather data reported for the CRLRC were accumulated from multiple sources, including four instrumented weather stations located on the ranch and eight
rainfall gauges scattered at various locations across the
ranch (figure 1). The data are available for various temporal scales, from long-term averages down to seasonal,
monthly, daily, and hourly averages. Daily and hourly
weather observations are not reported in this research
report but are available in spreadsheets and databases
maintained at the Corona Ranch web site. The data
are in varying degrees of completeness, especially at the
hourly level.
Weather observations have been made on the Corona Ranch since 1990, at instrumented research sites
referred to as South House (SH) (Latitude: 34° 16' 43"
N. Longitude: 105° 23' 35" W, Elevation: 6,032 feet)
and Oil Well (OW) (Latitude: 34° 17' 9" N, Longitude:
105° 21' 37" W, Elevation: 5,924 feet). Recorded data
include hourly measurements of precipitation, air temperature, soil temperature at 10 cm (4 inches) and 50
cm (20 inches), relative humidity, wind speed and direction, and soil moisture at 10 cm (4 inches) and between
10 cm and 30 cm (4-12 inches). Approximately 88%
of the elapsed hours over the July 1990 through 2007
period recorded a reading that appeared correct and was
not clearly a missing or invalid recording.
Missing data for selected variables were substituted
in the database from other automated weather stations
located on the ranch, primarily the other research site
(SH or OW) when available, and the NMSU New
Mexico Climate Center automated weather station located at the North Camp facility on the Corona Ranch
(NMCC, 2007). A paired t-test of all annual rainfall
totals at SH and OW, excluding replaced data, indicated
that rainfall totals were not statistically different between
the two sites.
' Respectively. Prolessoi, Department of A;;i k iiltur.il Konomics and Agricultural Business. Professor. Dep.irtmeni ol Aiiiin.il and Is u
Superintendent, Corona Range and I ivestock Research Center: and former
Graduate Research Assistant, Department ol Agi u uliitial Economics and
Agricultural Business, all ol Ness Mexico State University, Lis Cruces.
To find more resources for your business, home, or family, visit the College of Agriculture and Home Economics on the
World Wide Web at www.cahe.nmsu.edu
Object Description
| Title | Eighteen years (1990-2007) of climatological data on NMSU's Corona Range and Livestock Research Center |
| Series Designation | Research Report 761 |
| Table of Contents | Introduction; Weather data availabile for The Corona Ranch; Results; Rainfall; Soil moisture; Air temperature; Soil temperature; Relative humidity; Wind speed and direction; Updated data access; References |
| Description | Research report containing climatological data gathered from meteorological measurements at the NMSU Corona Range and Livestock Research Center near Corona, New Mexico, from 1990-2007. |
| Subject | Climatology--New Mexico--Statistics; meterology and climatology (NAL); statistics (NAL) |
| Creator | Torell, L. Allen; McDaniel, Kirk C.; Cox, Shad; Majumdar, Suman |
| Date Original | 2008-10 |
| Digital Publisher | New Mexico State University Library; |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents. |
| Collection | NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications |
| Source | Scan produced from physical item held by the NMSU Library. |
| Type | Text |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Language | eng |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Series Designation | Research Report 761 |
| Subject | Climatology--New Mexico--Statistics; meterology and climatology (NAL); statistics (NAL) |
| Creator | Torell, L. Allen; McDaniel, Kirk C.; Cox, Shad; Majumdar, Suman |
| Date Original | 2008-10 |
| Digital Publisher | New Mexico State University Library; |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents. |
| Collection | NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications |
| Digital Identifier | UAAPr0007610001 |
| Is Part Of | Eighteen years (1990-2007) of climatological data on NMSU's Corona Range and Livestock Research Center |
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| Language | eng |
| OCR | NM STATE UNIVERSITY Eighteen Years (1990-2007) of Climatological Data on NMSU's Corona Range and Livestock Research Center Research Report 761 L. Allen Ten oil, Kirk C. McDaniel, Shad Cox, Suman Majumdar' INTRODUCTION Range forage production on die (annua Range and 1 ivestock Research Center (CRLRC) is tied closely to climate and weather conditions, especially seasonal rami.ill amounts. Range and livestock management decisions are dependent on weather information and informed judgmeni about what those weather conditions will be in the near and distant future. Further, numerous research projects conducted at the CRLRC arc influenced by climatological factors and require historical and current data about weather conditions. The objectives of this research report are to describe the climatic data of the CRLRC over the 18-year period tor which detailed climate data exist, and to provide a baseline method by which these data can be updated and made available online for use by CRLRC researc li ers and others interested in weather conditions near Corona, New Mexico. These weather data are updated regularly and are available from the Corona Ranch web site (NMSU-CRLRC, 2007)at http://agecon.nmsu.edu/ corona. The charts and tables provided in this report link the reader to appropriate spreadsheets and databases available online. Many of these charts are presented as pivot charts and pivot tables in Access and Excel. The knowledgeable user can download, query, and extract updated data for their specific use. Additional daily and hourly data not reported in this research report are available at the web site. An intermediate knowledge of Access and Excel is assumed for electronic data access. Table of Contents Page -. Introduction 1 Weather Data Available For 1 'lie Corona Ranch 1 Results 3 Rainfall 3 Soil Moisture 4 Air Temperature 13 SoilTemperature 20 Relative Humidity 20 Wind Speed and Direction 20 Updated Data Access 20 WEATHER DATA AVAILABLE FOR THE CORONA RANCH The weather data reported for the CRLRC were accumulated from multiple sources, including four instrumented weather stations located on the ranch and eight rainfall gauges scattered at various locations across the ranch (figure 1). The data are available for various temporal scales, from long-term averages down to seasonal, monthly, daily, and hourly averages. Daily and hourly weather observations are not reported in this research report but are available in spreadsheets and databases maintained at the Corona Ranch web site. The data are in varying degrees of completeness, especially at the hourly level. Weather observations have been made on the Corona Ranch since 1990, at instrumented research sites referred to as South House (SH) (Latitude: 34° 16' 43" N. Longitude: 105° 23' 35" W, Elevation: 6,032 feet) and Oil Well (OW) (Latitude: 34° 17' 9" N, Longitude: 105° 21' 37" W, Elevation: 5,924 feet). Recorded data include hourly measurements of precipitation, air temperature, soil temperature at 10 cm (4 inches) and 50 cm (20 inches), relative humidity, wind speed and direction, and soil moisture at 10 cm (4 inches) and between 10 cm and 30 cm (4-12 inches). Approximately 88% of the elapsed hours over the July 1990 through 2007 period recorded a reading that appeared correct and was not clearly a missing or invalid recording. Missing data for selected variables were substituted in the database from other automated weather stations located on the ranch, primarily the other research site (SH or OW) when available, and the NMSU New Mexico Climate Center automated weather station located at the North Camp facility on the Corona Ranch (NMCC, 2007). A paired t-test of all annual rainfall totals at SH and OW, excluding replaced data, indicated that rainfall totals were not statistically different between the two sites. ' Respectively. Prolessoi, Department of A;;i k iiltur.il Konomics and Agricultural Business. Professor. Dep.irtmeni ol Aiiiin.il and Is u Superintendent, Corona Range and I ivestock Research Center: and former Graduate Research Assistant, Department ol Agi u uliitial Economics and Agricultural Business, all ol Ness Mexico State University, Lis Cruces. To find more resources for your business, home, or family, visit the College of Agriculture and Home Economics on the World Wide Web at www.cahe.nmsu.edu |
