LTER Climatological & Hydrological Data Access (ClimDB/HydroDB)
The National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
program and many U.S. Forest Service Experimental Research Stations collect
and maintain extensive, long-term ecological databases including streamflow
and meteorological measurements. These databases have been widely used in
intersite comparisons, modeling studies, and land management-related
studies. To facilitate intersite research among the network of LTER sites,
individual sites maintain local climate data in local information systems
while a centralized site continually harvests, updates, and provides access
to all sites' data through a common database. Common distribution report
formats and graphical displays have been established to meet specific needs
of climate data users. Funding from the U.S. Forest Service has allowed the
climate data prototype (ClimDB) to be improved and expanded to include
hydrologic variables (HydroDB).
