This Ponette-Gonzalez_readme20260804.txt file was generated on 20260804 by Kaylee Alexander ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset Smoke-affected Wet Deposition in the U.S. for 2014, 2020, 2022 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Alexandra Ponette-Gonzalez Institution: University of Utah, Natural History Museum of Utah Address: 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 Email: alexandra.ponette@utah.edu ORCID: 0000-0003-2908-2938 Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Janice Brahney Institution: Utah State University, Watershed Sciences and Ecology Center Address: Logan, Utah Email: janice.brahney@usu.edu ORCID: 0000-0001-7614-2855 Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Heather A. Holmes Institution: University of Utah, Chemical Engineering Address: Salt Lake City, Utah Email: heather.holmes@chemeng.utah.edu ORCID: 0000-0002-0827-7456 Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Bryn Spielvogel Institution: University of Utah, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Address: Salt Lake City, Utah Email: bryn.spielvogel@utah.edu ORCID: 0000-0002-2509-6948 Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Kathleen C. Weathers Institution: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Address: Millbrook, NY Email: weathersk@caryinstitute.org ORCID: 0000-0002-3575-6508 3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) 20140101 to 20221231 4. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): United States; Canada; and their territories 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: - U.S. National Science Foundation (DEB 2320976 to Ponette-González, CBET 2048423 to Holmes) - University of Utah Vice President for Research Faculty Small Grant Program - Utah Agriculture Experiment Station (UTA01669, Brahney) - U.S. National Science Foundation (DEB 2213625 to Brahney) -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC BY NC - Allows others to use and share your data non-commercially and with attribution. 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: NA 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: NA 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: - https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html - https://nadp.slh.wisc.edu/networks/national-trends-network/ 5. Was data derived from another source? Yes - https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html - https://nadp.slh.wisc.edu/networks/national-trends-network/ 6. Recommended citation for the data: Ponette-Gonzalez, Alexandra; Brahney, Janice; Holmes, Heather A.; Spielvogel, Bryn; Weathers, Kathleen C. 2026. "Smoke-affected Wet Deposition in the U.S. for 2014, 2020, 2022." The Hive: University of Utah Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7278/S5d-0t43-qwx6 --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: 20260804_smokeraincases_siteyear_fall25_v1_PonetteGetal.csv Short description: Data file that includes all National Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring sites and the count of smoke, rain, and smoke rain days for each study year. C. Filename: 20260804_smokeraindeposition_analyticfile_fall25_v1_PonetteGetal.csv Short description: Analytic data file that includes all National Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring sites with associated smoke-rain variables and wet deposition data. 2. Relationship between files: The first data file (20260804_smokeraincases_siteyear_fall25_v1_PonetteGetal.csv) includes smoke-rain variables, whereas the second data file (20260804_smokeraindeposition_analyticfile_fall25_v1_PonetteGetal.csv) is the first file joined with wet deposition data. 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: NA 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: We downloaded wet deposition data from NADP’s website for each of the study years (https://nadp.slh.wisc.edu/networks/national-trends-network/). Site operators collect wet (rainwater) deposition samples following standard operating procedures (NADP, 2024). National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) monitoring sites. (2024). National Trends Network Site Operations Manual. Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. 2. Methods for processing the data: Please see associated publication for details. 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: NA 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: NA 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: NA 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Please see associated publication for details. 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: NA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: 20260804_smokeraincases_siteyear_fall25_v1_PonetteGetal.csv ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 17 2. Number of cases/rows: 733 3. Variable List A. Name: siteid Description: Site ID B. Name: sitename Description: Site name C. Name: status Description: Site status D. Name: state Description: State E. Name: latitude Description: Latitude F. Name: longitude Description: Longitude G. Name: climateregion Description: Climate Region H. Name: year Description: Year I. Name: nlabs_year Description: Number of labs annually J. Name: precipmm Description: Annual precipitation (mm) K. Name: countofdaysmissingrainfalldata Description: Annual count of days missing rainfall data L. Name: countofraindays Description: Annual count of rain days M. Name: countofsmokedays Description: Annual count of smoke days N. Name: countofsmokeraindays Description: Annual count of smoke-rain days O. Name: countofraindays_a Description: Annual count of rain days, scaled to 7 day week P. Name: countofsmokedays_a Description: Annual count of smoke days, scaled to 7 day week Q. Name: countofsmokeraindays_a Description: Annual count of smoke-rain days, scaled to 7 day week 4. Missing data codes: NA 5. Specialized formats of other abbreviations used: NA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: 20260804_smokeraindeposition_analyticfile_fall25_v1_PonetteGetal.csv ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 54 2. Number of cases/rows: 24974 3. Variable List A. Name: labno Description: Lab number B. Name: dateon Description: Lab start date and time C. Name: dateoff Description: Lab stop date and time D. Name: analysishours Description: Number of analysis hours (start-end) E. Name: numberofdays Description: Number of lab days (start-end, inclusive) F. Name: siteid Description: Site ID G. Name: sitename Description: Site name H. Name: status Description: Site status I. Name: state Description: State J. Name: latitude Description: Latitude K. Name: longitude Description: Longitude L. Name: year Description: Year M. Name: season Description: Season N. Name: climateregion Description: Climate Region O. Name: precipmm Description: Precipitation (mm) P. Name: precipmm_a Description: Precipitation (mm), adjusted to 168 hours, outliers removed Q. Name: rain_source Description: Source of rain data R. Name: countofdaysmissingrainfalldata Description: Count of days missing rainfall data S. Name: pmissingrainfalldata Description: Percent of lab days missing rainfall data T. Name: countofraindays Description: Count of rain days U. Name: countofsmokedays Description: Count of smoke days V. Name: countofsmokeraindays Description: Count of smoke-rain days W. Name: countofraindays_a Description: Count of rain days, scaled to 7 day week X. Name: countofsmokedays_a Description: Count of smoke days, scaled to 7 day week Y. Name: countofsmokeraindays_a Description: Count of smoke-rain days, scaled to 7 day week Z. Name: ca_calc Description: Ca concentration (adjusted for flags, detection limit) AA. Name: mg_calc Description: Mg concentration (adjusted for flags, detection limit) AB. Name: k_calc Description: K concentration (adjusted for flags, detection limit) AC. Name: na_calc Description: Na concentration (adjusted for flags, detection limit) AD. Name: nh4_calc Description: NH4 concentration (adjusted for flags, detection limit) AE. Name: no3_calc Description: NO3 concentration (adjusted for flags, detection limit) AF. Name: cl_calc Description: Cl concentration (adjusted for flags, detection limit) AG. Name: so4_calc Description: SO4 concentration (adjusted for flags, detection limit) AH. Name: po4_calc Description: PO4 concentration (adjusted for flags, detection limit) AI. Name: ca_depo Description: Ca deposition, computed with _calc versions of vars AJ. Name: mg_depo Description: Mg deposition, computed with _calc versions of vars AK. Name: k_depo Description: K deposition, computed with _calc versions of vars AL. Name: na_depo Description: Na deposition, computed with _calc versions of vars AM. Name: nh4_depo Description: NH4 deposition, computed with _calc versions of vars AN. Name: no3_depo Description: NO3 deposition, computed with _calc versions of vars AO. Name: cl_depo Description: Cl deposition, computed with _calc versions of vars AP. Name: so4_depo Description: SO4 deposition, computed with _calc versions of vars AQ. Name: po4_depo Description: PO4 deposition, computed with _calc versions of vars AR. Name: ca_depo_a Description: Ca deposition, scaled to 168 hours AS. Name: mg_depo_a Description: Mg deposition, scaled to 168 hours AT. Name: k_depo_a Description: K deposition, scaled to 168 hours AU. Name: na_depo_a Description: Na deposition, scaled to 168 hours AV. Name: nh4_depo_a Description: NH4 deposition, scaled to 168 hours AW. Name: no3_depo_a Description: NO3 deposition, scaled to 168 hours AX. Name: cl_depo_a Description: Cl deposition, scaled to 168 hours AY. Name: so4_depo_a Description: SO4 deposition, scaled to 168 hours AZ. Name: po4_depo_a Description: PO4 deposition, scaled to 168 hours BA. Name: npratio Description: N:P Ratio BB. Name: npratio_ln Description: Logged N:P Ratio 4. Missing data codes: NA 5. Specialized formats of other abbreviations used: NA