1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 40831

Dataset description: Rain measurements in and near the CZU Lightning Complex Fire area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, 2020 to 2021

Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the CZU Lightning Complex Fire (hereafter, "CZU Fire") burn area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California. The CZU Fire ignited in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, on August 16, 2020.
Version1
Keywordsfire damage, precipitation (atmospheric)
Data typesMeteorology
Formatcomma-delimited text;
Amount0.3 MB

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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.5066/P9Y9HJSN
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/CMGDS_DR_tool/DR_P9Y9HJSN/CZU_RainData_2020-2021.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2020-638-FAOnset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge
The Data Logging Rain Gauge is a battery-powered rainfall data collection and recording system which includes a HOBO® Pendant Event data logger integrated into a tipping-bucket rain gauge. This model automatically records up to 3200 mm of rainfall data that can be used to determine rainfall rates, times and duration.