Hydrological and meteorological data for three plots with different vegetation near Andasibe, Madagascar, 2014-2015
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Ghimire, C.P.; Zwartendijk, B.W.; Ravelona, M.; Lahitiana, J. ; van Meerveld, H.J. (2020). Hydrological and meteorological data for three plots with different vegetation near Andasibe, Madagascar, 2014-2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/5d080fef-613a-4f24-a613-b249ccdd12bf
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https://doi.org/10.5285/5d080fef-613a-4f24-a613-b249ccdd12bf
Hydrological and meteorological data were collected for three plots (each 50 x 50 m in size) near Andasibe village in the Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena (CAZ) in eastern Madagascar. The plots differ in terms of land cover: semi-mature forest, reforested tree fallow (i.e., young secondary forest), and degraded grassland. The plots are located within 2.5 km from each other. See the supporting documentation for detailed information on the plots. Data collection continued for one year (October 2014-September 2015) at each plot and included micrometeorological data (rainfall, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed), soil moisture and overland flow, and for the two forested plots also throughfall, stemflow and sapflow.
Publication date: 2020-11-05
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Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2014-10-01 to 2015-09-30
Provenance & quality
The meteorological data were collected on a meteorological tower at each plot, except for the forested plot where the tower was located in a nearby clearing. Rainfall was collected automatically using a typing bucket raingauge. For the two forested plots, throughfall was measured daily using 66 funnel gauges and automatically using three troughs, and stemflow was collected daily. Soil moisture was measured automatically at different depths below the surface. Runoff was collected in drums below bounded runoff plots and measured daily. The methods used to collect the hydrological and meteorological data at each plot and the data processing steps are described in more detail in the "Methods.rtf" file
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This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Ghimire, C.P.; Zwartendijk, B.W.; Ravelona, M.; Lahitiana, J. ; van Meerveld, H.J. (2020). Hydrological and meteorological data for three plots with different vegetation near Andasibe, Madagascar, 2014-2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/5d080fef-613a-4f24-a613-b249ccdd12bf
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Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3715-6311
Ravelona, M.
University of Antananarivo
Lahitiana, J.
University of Antananarivo
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University of Zurich
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/K010417/1
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26 February 2025 08:06