A dataset of meteorological observations at Zhejiang Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station (2003 – 2017)

Abstract

Evergreen broad-leaved forests are one of the main types of Chinese forests. The meteorological data of them are of great value for the study on the function and ecological process of evergreen broad-leaved forest ecosystem, and can serve as a major data source for weather forecast and disaster warning. Zhejiang Tiantong National Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station located in the subtropical broad-leaved evergreen forest in Tiantong Forest Park in eastern China. Since April 2003, we had collected long-term meteorological data by setting up the automatic meteorological observation system. This dataset contains the monthly data (177 entries) and annual data (15 entries) from 2013 to 2017, including 18 meteorological observation indexes, such as atmospheric temperature, atmospheric humidity, precipitation, atmospheric pressure, total radiation, net radiation, reflected radiation, UV radiation, photosynthetically active radiation, sunshine hours and soil temperature in different depths (0 cm, 5 cm, 10 cm, 15 cm, 20 cm, 40 cm, 60 cm and 100 cm). It is expected to provide data support for studying the ecological process, evaluating ecosystem service function and increasing disaster warning accuracy of local forests in Tiantong zone.