Water Level, Temperature, and Discharge in West Twin Creek, Alaska, 2010 to 2012

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Joshua C. Koch (ORCID: 0000-0001-7180-6982)
Publication_Date: 20211115
Title:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Anchorage, AK
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested Citation: Koch, J.C., 2021, Water level, temperature, and discharge in West Twin Creek, Alaska, 2010 to 2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P946B22H

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P946B22H
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Joshua C. Koch (ORCID: 0000-0001-7180-6982)
Originator: Ryan Toohey (ORCID: 0000-0001-8248-5045)
Originator: Paul Schuster (ORCID: 0000-0002-8314-1372)
Originator: Burke Minsley (ORCID: 0000-0003-1689-1306)
Originator: Kim Wickland (ORCID: 0000-0002-6400-0590)
Originator: Rob Striegl (ORCID: 0000-0002-8251-4659)
Publication_Date: 2016
Title: Nome Creek Experimental Watershed
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Web site
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Science Portal
Issue_Identification: 409

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Anchorage, AK
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Other_Citation_Details:

This is a link to the broader USGS Alaska Science Center research project supported by these data. Users will find a description of the research project and links to associated reports, publications, and data products. The Nome Creek Experimental Watershed project has been used for multiple studies focused on hydrology, solute transport, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem changes related to permafrost thaw and fire in the boreal forest. Studies have focused on catchment runoff, subsurface transport and storage, geophysical characterization of degrading landscapes, and aqueous fluxes and biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nutrients. Continuous records of stream discharge, temperature, water chemistry, soil moisture, and meteorological conditions have been collected since 2010, with ancillary data including continuous water quality collected over shorter durations.

Online_Linkage: https://alaska.usgs.gov/portal/project.php?project_id=409

Description:

Abstract:

This data set includes 15-minute interval data on stream temperature, stage, and discharge from an upstream and downstream gaging location on West Twin Creek, a first-order tributary to Nome Creek in the White Mountains of Alaska.

Purpose:

Stream discharge and temperature are fundamental catchment parameters that are needed for more indepth investigations into catchment hydrology, biogeochemistry, and ecosystems.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20100519
Ending_Date: 20120911

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: White Mountains, Alaska
Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -146.915
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -146.913
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 65.354
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 65.341

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: freshwater ecosystems
Theme_Keyword: hydrology
Theme_Keyword: permafrost
Theme_Keyword: stream discharge
Theme_Keyword: water temperature

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NASA GMCD Earth Sciences Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: frozen ground
Theme_Keyword: rivers/streams
Theme_Keyword: surface water chemistry
Theme_Keyword: water quality/water chemistry

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:ASC410

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Alaska
Place_Keyword: White Mountains
Place_Keyword: Nome Creek
Place_Keyword: West Twin Creek

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:

Please cite the authors and the USGS for any subsequent publications referencing this dataset. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data in order to evaluate dataset limitations, restrictions and recommended uses. When appropriate, please consider co-authorship with the authors of these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 4210 University Drive
City: Anchorage
State_or_Province: AK
Postal_Code: 99508
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-786-7000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ascweb@usgs.gov

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Joshua C. Koch
Originator: Mark M. Dornblaser
Originator: Robert G. Striegl
Publication_Date: 202108
Title:

Storm-Scale and Seasonal Dynamics of Carbon Export From a Nested Subarctic Watershed Underlain by Permafrost

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Journal of Geophysical Research
Issue_Identification: Vol. 126, Issue 8

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Online
Publisher: AGU Journals

Other_Citation_Details:

Storm‐Scale and Seasonal Dynamics of Carbon Export From a Nested Subarctic Watershed Underlain by Permafrost. Journal of geophysical research: 126.8 (2021): n. pag. Web.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006268

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Joshua C. Koch
Originator: Colin P. Kikuchi
Originator: Kimberly P. Wickland
Originator: Paul Schuster
Publication_Date: 20140924
Title:

Runoff sources and flow paths in a partially burned, upland boreal catchment underlain by permafrost

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: publication
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: American Geophysical Union

Online_Linkage:

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2014WR015586

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

15 minute stage accuracy is assumed to be equal to reported accuracy for the two pressure transducers used, which in both cases is +/- 0.03 feet. Data was collected with either an InSitu.Inc Rugged Troll 100 pressure transducer, which also reports temperature at an accuracy of +/- 0.3 degrees Celsius, or a Global Water Instrumentation, Inc. (Gold River, CA, USA) WL15 water level logger. Discharge accuracy is difficult to rigorously quantify, but is likely on the order of +/- 10% due to the small size of this stream which limits the number of wading rod sections within any given discrete discharge measurement.

Logical_Consistency_Report: All data fall within expected ranges.
Completeness_Report:

The dataset is almost fully complete for the lower gage except for a gap in the record between August 3rd and August 6th, 2011 and a few blanks in the temperature record that occurred when anomalous values were manually removed. For the upper gage, very low discharge values in May, 2012 are not reported because they are below the existing rating and were thus less than approximately 0.2 cubic feet per second. Global Water sensors, which do not report temperature, were used at the lower gage beginning on August 6th, 2011 through 2012, and at the upper gage in 2012.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Discharge was measured during site visits using a mechanical velocity meter. Measurement accuracy was based on a qualitative assessment by the gager, and generally ranged from "fair" (5 to 8 % error) to "poor" (> 8 % error) due to the narrow width of the stream which limited the number of cross sections that were summed in each discrete measurement.

Process_Date: 2012

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Rugged Troll 100 pressure transducer is an absolute transducer and pressure readings were corrected for barometric pressure using data from within or near the study catchment.

Process_Date: 10012010

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Continuous water levels were drift corrected using a single point correction based on staff plate observations made during field visits that occurred weekly or biweekly.

Process_Date: 10012010

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Continuous discharge was derived based on the continuously-measured stage data and a rating curve that relates instantaneously-measured stage and discharge. Instantaneous stage and discharge measurements used to develop the rating curve for each site can be accessed at: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory using the NWIS Site Number or Station Name found in Hydro_NCEW_Locations_Koch.csv.

Process_Date: 10012010

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Hydro_NCEW_WTCLGcontinuous_Koch_2010_2012.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:

Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing temperature, stage, and discharge data from the lower gage at 15 minute intervals.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DateTime
Attribute_Definition:

The date and time at which the measurement was taken, in local Alaska time

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 6/23/2010 17:01
Range_Domain_Maximum: 9/11/2012 13:22

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Temperature
Attribute_Definition: The temperature of the water
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: blank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Data was not collected at this site in this year or the value was manually removed because it appeared erroneous based on preceding and subsequent values.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.7
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees celsius
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Stage_raw
Attribute_Definition: The water level recorded from the pressure transducer.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.19
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.84
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Stage_corr
Attribute_Definition:

The water level recorded from the pressure transducer corrected based on staff gage observations using a single-point linear correction.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.25
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.93
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Discharge
Attribute_Definition:

Discharge calculated based on the continuous corrected stage record using a rating curve from the observed stage-discharge data.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
Range_Domain_Maximum: 18.72
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: cubic feet per second
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Hydro_NCEW_WTCUGcontinuous_Koch_2010_2012
Entity_Type_Definition:

Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing temperature, stage, and discharge data from the upper gage at 15 minute intervals

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DateTime
Attribute_Definition:

The date and time at which the measurement was taken, in local Alaska time

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 5/19/2010 11:36
Range_Domain_Maximum: 9/10/2012 00:01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Temperature
Attribute_Definition: The temperature of the water
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: blank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Data was not collected at this site in this year or the value was manually removed because it appeared erroneous based on preceding and subsequent values.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5.0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees celsius
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Stage_raw
Attribute_Definition: The water level recorded from the pressure transducer.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.54
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.31
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Stage_corr
Attribute_Definition:

The water level recorded from the pressure transducer corrected based on staff gage observations using a single-point linear correction.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.36
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.42
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: feet
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Discharge
Attribute_Definition:

Discharge calculated based on the continuous corrected stage record using a rating curve from the observed stage-discharge data.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.05
Range_Domain_Maximum: 3.81
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: cubic feet per second
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Hydro_NCEW_Locations_Koch.csv
Entity_Type_Definition: Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing data.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Station_Name
Attribute_Definition:

The name of the discharge gage, which links the two data .csv files to the NWIS Site information

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: West Twin Creek Lower Gage
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The downstream gage near the road
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: West Twin Creek Upper Gage
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The up stream gage, approximately 1.5 km from the road
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NWIS_Site_Number
Attribute_Definition:

The NWIS site number, which can be used to find discrete stage and discharge values on the USGS National Water Quality Information website

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 6.52028e+14
Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.52113e+14

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NWIS_Station_Name
Attribute_Definition:

The NWIS station name, which can be used to find discrete stage and discharge values on the USGS National Water Quality Information website

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Details on the location of the station

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Latitude
Attribute_Definition: The latitude of the gaging station
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 65.341219
Range_Domain_Maximum: 65.35356

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Longitude
Attribute_Definition: The longitude of the gaging station
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -146.91443
Range_Domain_Maximum: -146.91306

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 4210 University Drive
City: Anchorage
State_or_Province: AK
Postal_Code: 99508
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-786-7000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ascweb@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Authoritative source of the data.
Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: CSV
Format_Information_Content:

Data are distributed in a Zip package containing data in CSV format and FGDC metadata in XML and HTML formats.

File_Decompression_Technique:

Compression applied by the 7-Zip utility using default compression (5). The file can be decompressed and unpacked by open source or commercially available unzip tools.

Transfer_Size: 4.80

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P946B22H

Fees: None

Water Level, Temperature, and Discharge in West Twin Creek, Alaska, 2010 to 2012

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