Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)/KBS002: Kellogg Biological Station Weighing Lysimeter Meteorological Station

LTER - Long-Term Ecological Research Program/Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) LTER/KBS002 [Summary adapted from the LTER Core Data Set Catalog]: Wind direction and speed, total solar radiation (MJ/m2), net solar radiation (MJ/m2), rainfall, air temperature, and relative humidity are recorded hourly in connection with measurements of evapotranspiration and deep percolation from a 6 m2 in-ground weighing lysimeter. The lysimeter and fetch area are planted to continuous alfalfa.

The 1,000 ha W.K. Kellogg Biological Station has been administered by Michigan State University as a primary research facility since its 1929 deeding to the university by Kellogg. In its early years the Station was devoted to wildlife, forestry, and soil conservation research; during the past 20 years a research emphasis on ecology, production agronomy, and forest genetics has led to well-established and internationally recognized programs in each of these fields.