Semiarid grasslands and extreme precipitation events: Do experimental results scale to the landscape?
This dataset contains growing season precipitation data collected from an extensive rain gauge network with thirty catch cans distributed on the USDA-Central Plains Experimental Range (CPER) in Nunn, Colorado from 1982-2013. The CPER is a site in the USDA Long-term Agroecosystem Research Network. These data provide records of long-term observations, which can be applied to assess responses to naturally occurring deluges across the 62.7 km2 CPER in NE Colorado, a SGS ecosystem with significant spatial variation in precipitation received during the growing season, soils and grazing management, and where several small-scale deluge experiments have been conducted. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Raw Precipitation Data . File Name: PrecipitationData_1982_2013_Raw.csvResource Description: Raw Precipitation Data from thirty catch can gauges on the Central Plains Experimental RangeResource Title: Processed precipitation data to identify deluges. File Name: PrecipitationData_Processed.csvResource Description: Processed precipitation data to identify deluges on the Central Plain Experimental RangeResource Title: Data Dictionary for raw and processed data. File Name: DataDictionary_PrecipitationData_Raw_Processed_CPER.csvResource Description: Data dictionary for processed precipitation data to identify deluges and for raw precipitation data from thirty catch can gauges on the Central Plains Experimental Range.
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| description | <p>This dataset contains growing season precipitation data collected from an extensive rain gauge network with thirty catch cans distributed on the USDA-Central Plains Experimental Range (CPER) in Nunn, Colorado from 1982-2013. The CPER is a site in the USDA Long-term Agroecosystem Research Network. These data provide records of long-term observations, which can be applied to assess responses to naturally occurring deluges across the 62.7 km2 CPER in NE Colorado, a SGS ecosystem with significant spatial variation in precipitation received during the growing season, soils and grazing management, and where several small-scale deluge experiments have been conducted. </p><div><br>Resources in this dataset:</div><br><ul><li><p>Resource Title: Raw Precipitation Data .</p> <p>File Name: PrecipitationData_1982_2013_Raw.csv</p><p>Resource Description: Raw Precipitation Data from thirty catch can gauges on the Central Plains Experimental Range</p></li><br><li><p>Resource Title: Processed precipitation data to identify deluges.</p> <p>File Name: PrecipitationData_Processed.csv</p><p>Resource Description: Processed precipitation data to identify deluges on the Central Plain Experimental Range</p></li><br><li><p>Resource Title: Data Dictionary for raw and processed data.</p> <p>File Name: DataDictionary_PrecipitationData_Raw_Processed_CPER.csv</p><p>Resource Description: Data dictionary for processed precipitation data to identify deluges and for raw precipitation data from thirty catch can gauges on the Central Plains Experimental Range. </p></li></ul><p></p> |
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| identifier | 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1522610 |
| keyword |
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"ARS",
"EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > GRASSLANDS",
"Grasslands",
"NP215",
"Precipitation",
"annual precipitation",
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| license | https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2025-11-21 |
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| temporal | 1983-05-01/2013-09-30 |
| title | Semiarid grasslands and extreme precipitation events: Do experimental results scale to the landscape? |
