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Spring Lake Climate Station Data
Notice: Activity on the Climate Station is suspended. If you have comments or questions, contact Jason Pinchback.
The Spring Lake Climate Station is a joint project of Texas Stream Team, River Systems Institute, and the Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center at Texas State University-San Marcos. The program includes a meteorological tower as well as a continuous water quality monitoring site. The Spring Lake Climate Station Program aims to:
1) Study climate and water quality relationships locally and regionally and how these relationships tie into the global climate patterns; 2) Provide educational opportunities to almost 100,000 people who visit the
Details about the Climate Station Program equipment are below. Please scroll down to download meteorological and water quality data by month. Selected monthly and yearly analyses are also available for download.
EQUIPMENT
Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Site
The Texas Stream Team would like to thank CC Lynch Associates and In-Situ® Inc. for their generous donation of the TROLL® 9500 water quality instrument valued at $10,000. The Texas Stream Team’s Spring Lake Climate Station Program is using the TROLL 9500 instrument to conduct long-term water quality monitoring of
The water quality probe was deployed in early June 2008. The quality data are available for download below. |
Meteorological Tower
To the meterological tower collects data every 15 minutes for wind speed and direction, air and water temperature, relative humidity, net radiation, soil moisture, and precipitation. Data is available for download below.
DATA
The following data is available for download. Files from August 2007 through May 2008 include climate data, and files from June 2008 through the present include both climate data and water quality data.
Data Disclaimer: The primary objective of the Spring Lake Climate Station web page is to provide viewers the most reliable and up-to-date climatological data possible. However, Texas Stream Team, the River Systems Institute, and Texas State University-San Marcos are not liable for the accuracy of the reported data. Data users are cautioned to carefully consider the tentative nature of this information before any application, particularly for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences. Information concerning the accuracy and most appropriate uses of these data may be obtained by reading the Data Description document above or by contacting Texas Stream Team at txstreamteam@txstate.edu or toll free 877.506.1401.
ANALYSIS
REGIONAL CLIMATE STATIONS
DATA LINKS
TCEQ Monitor Sites/ Data by Basin
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/compliance/monitoring/water/quality/data/wqm/swqm_realtime_alt.html
GLOBE Program Data
http://viz.globe.gov/viz-bin/access.cgi?l=en&rg=n
Freeman Ranch Data
http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/site-select.cfm
TCEQ Dripping Springs Data
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/monthly_summary.pl?cams=614