Meteorological data of experimental field station in Bad Lauchstädt, Germany

Continuously measured weather data are of utmost importance for ecological and environmental field experiments in Bad Lauchstädt, Germany. For this reason, data were collected from different sources: i) handwritten records from weather stations at the experimental sites, ii) records from meteorological service of German Democratic Republic and iii), German Meteorological Service [Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD]. The DWD had digitalized handwritten data before their recording started in 1991 and was therefore able to publish data going back to 1947. Historical data before 1947 are not yet published. Thus, starting in 2007 until 2018, the DWD did not operate their own weather station on site. The data of this publication intend to complete the time periods before 1947 and between 2007 and 2018 in a long-term data series. Our complete available data sets of extent weather information on site (1896-1955; 1997-2018) are presented additionally

Historical meteorological data (1896 – 1955) of experimental field station in Bad Lauchstädt, Germany

The historical weather data from 1896 to 1955 complete the long-term series of measurements of the weather data of Bad Lauchstädt. Values are available for air temperature and precipitation as pentad values (sum values of 5 days). Unfortunately, the exact origin of the data, as well as the measurement method and the quality of the data cannot be described. The data were digitalized on basis of original records of the experimental station and documents of the Central Office of the German Meteorological Service [Deutscher Wetterdienst] (see reference Hoffmann et al.). The data were checked for plausibility, but a residual uncertainty still remains. Nevertheless, the data represent an important contribution to a complete weather description at the site of Bad Lauchstädt. With the help of these data, evaluations and modelling of long-term experiments are possible

Meteorological data (1997-2018) of experimental field station in Bad Lauchstädt, Germany

The considered data set contains measurements of 4 automatic weather stations from 1997 until 2018 installed by Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ GmbH. Here, the main station corresponded to typical sensor technology and equipment of the German Meteorological Service [Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD]. These data were quality-checked and processed as daily values. As far as possible, erroneous values were replaced by means of other stations on site. Very short failures could be supplemented by interpolation or averaging. Hence, values of measured variable can originate from different stations. However, only one value for each measured variable is provided for every day within the table. A unique label for individual weather stations is used to identify the exact origin of data