Abbreviation,Description,Units,Units (longhand)
Lat,latitude,degrees,
Long,longitude,degrees,
Elev_m,elevation,m,meters
SlopeDeg,slope,degrees,
NDepTotal_kgNperHA,total nitrogen (N) Deposition in 2006 (wet + dry),kg N / ha,kilograms of Nitrogen per hectare
PDIR,potential direct incident radiation,MJ cm-2 yr-1,Megajoules per square centimeter per year
HeatLoad,heat load,n/a,
MAPrecip_mm,mean annual precipitation*,mm,millimeters
Snow_mm,precipitation as snow between August in previous year and July in current year*,mm,millimeters
TempDiff,"temperature difference between MWMT and MCMT, or continentality*",degrees Celcius,
MWMT,mean warmest month temperature*,degrees Celcius,
MCMT,mean coldest month temperature*,degrees Celcius,
RelHum,mean annual relative humidity*,Percent,
BA_Total,total basal area of trees at a plot,m2 / ha,square meters per hectare
BA_Hardwoods,basal area of hardwoods at a plot,m2 / ha,square meters per hectare
BA_Conifers,basal area of conifers at a plot,m2 / ha,square meters per hectare
%conif,percentage of trees at a plot that are conifers,percent,
Region,region plot is in (IC/CR/WV/CaR/COR),n/a,
DominantTree,species name of dominant tree at a plot,n/a,
Cyano,CWM (community weighted mean) of all cyanolichens at a plot,n/a,
Tripartite,CWM of tripartite lichens at a plot,n/a,
CyanoOnly,CWM of lichens with only cyanobacteria (no green algae) at a plot,n/a,
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"Asterisk (*) indicates values obtained from 30 year normals, 1961-1990. ClimateNA",,,