Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)/CWT001: Coweeta Climatic Measurements

Precipitation consists of frequent, small, low-intensity rains in all seasons with little snow. The Coweeta basin experiences frequent afternoon clouds in the summer thereby affecting the amount of solar radiation. Only 10 to 15% of the summer solar radiation is transmitted through the fully leafed canopy and about 50% during dormant months.

Information about LTER is also available at "lternet.edu/" NOTE: LTER data may be made available to individuals for research purposes. Use of LTER data requires that NSF's LTER grant and the Principal Investigator of the dataset be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications. Datasets are provided by the Coweeta LTER Data Bank, a partnership between the Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, and the U.S. Forest Service Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, North Carolina.