Hill Demonstration Forest climate, soil moisture and tree water use data

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) US Department of Agriculture; US Forest Service

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Project Citation: 

US Department of Agriculture, and US Forest Service. Hill Demonstration Forest climate, soil moisture and tree water use data. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-05-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/E248786V1

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Project Title:  View help for Project Title Hill Demonstration Forest climate, soil moisture and tree water use data
Summary:  View help for Summary This data publication contains daily vapor pressure deficit, solar radiation, soil moisture, sap flux density, tree transpiration, and precipitation data measured from 2018 to 2019 (pre-thinning) and 2020 (post-thinning) on a watershed planted with loblolly pines (Pinus taeda L.) in January 2012. The study site is on the Hill Demonstration Forest (owned and managed by North Carolina University) and is located north of Durham, North Carolina. Sap flux density and tree transpiration were measured from both loblolly pine and shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.). Sap flux density is a localized measure of water movement through the tree at a specific point. Transpiration is computed from sap flux density however it is a whole-tree process, representing the total water used and released by the tree.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/catalog/RDS-2025-0015

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environment; Hydrology; watersheds; sedimentation; transpiration; loblolly pine; shortleaf pine; sap flux density; North Carolina; Piedmont
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage North Carolina
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2018 – 12/1/2020
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) observational data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0015 Authors: Boggs, Johnny L. ; Sun, Ge ; Domec, Jean-Christophe ; McNulty, Steven G. ; Agnew, Lauren C. Publication year: 2025 (Downloaded 2026-05-30)


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