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.csv

Resource Description: Raw Precipitation Data from thirty catch can gauges on the Central Plains Experimental Range

• Resource Title: Processed precipitation data to identify deluges.

File Name: PrecipitationData_Processed.csv

Resource Description: Processed precipitation data to identify deluges on the Central Plain Experimental Range

• Resource Title: Data Dictionary for raw and processed data.

File Name: DataDictionary_PrecipitationData_Raw_Processed_CPER.csv

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.
Organization: Department of Agriculture
Organization URL: https://catalog.data.gov/organization/usda
Last updated: 2025-11-21
Tags: ARS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > GRASSLANDS, Grasslands, NP215, Precipitation, annual precipitation, data.gov, deluge