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Groundwater level elevation and temperature data, Oct 2018-Dec 2021, Slate River Floodplain, Crested Butte, CO.

Creators: Perzan Z, Pierce S, Boye K
Year: 2023
DOI: 10.15485/1908248
License: See source for details
Location: Slate River Floodplain, Crested Butte, Colorado. The Slate River is a snow-dominated, headwater catchment within the Upper Colorado River Basin and a key testbed for the Floodplain Hydro-Biogeochemistry Science Focus Area at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. This portion of the floodplain (~2,700 m elevation) sits downstream of the confluence of Oh Be Joyful (OBJ) Creek and upstream of Gunsight Bridge, on a portion of the river with heavy beaver activity.
Temporal extent: 2018-10-06 to 2021-01-31
Bounding box: 38.908°N to 38.910°N, -107.030°W to -107.028°W
Publisher: RMBL
Tags: groundwater, floodplain, evapotranspiration, water quality, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > GROUND WATER FEATURES > WATER TABLE, piezometric surface, water table, groundwater level, groundwater temperature, CATEGORICAL:NONE EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > GROUND WATER FEATURES > WATER TABLE > WATER TABLE DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > GROUND WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > AQUIFER RECHARGE > AQUIFER DEPTH, VARIABLE:GCMD piezometric surface, elevation, Alpine & Subalpine Ecology, Hydrology & Watersheds, Snow & Ice, Groundwater, Weather & Atmospheric Science, Field Methods & Monitoring, Data Science & Modeling, Gunnison Basin, Research Programs

Description

This data package includes a time series of water level and temperature measurements from October 2018 to December 2021 in groundwater and surface water from the Slate River floodplain outside Crested Butte, CO, a focus field site for the SLAC Floodplain Hydro-Biogeochemistry SFA. The data was generated as part of the work targeting the overarching research question for the SLAC SFA: How do ubiquitous subsurface interfaces mediate molecular-scale biogeochemical processes and groundwater quality in floodplains and watersheds? The data were recorded by pressure transducers were installed in four types of piezometers: 1) a network of gravel bed ("GB") drive-point piezometers with a 6-inch screen interval installed all at ~330 cm below ground surface. 2) a network of piezometers screened across the water table, used to measure evapotranspiration ("ET") using the White method. Each of these piezometers is screened along almost its entire length. 3) a suite nested piezometers used the measure the vertical hydraulic gradient ("VHG") across the fines-cobble interface. Each of these piezometers uses a 6-inch screen length. 4) a group of piezometers scattered across the boundaries of the floodplain, used to monitor boundary conditions ("BC") flowing into and out of the floodplain. With the exception of "SR-BD-WT", each of these piezometers is screened along its entire length. Within the data package, "FLMD.csv" describes file-level metadata and "dd.csv" defines column headers and universal terms across the dataset. The data package includes 11 "*data.csv" files, one for each piezometer type for each calendar year. Because piezometers have been added over time, not every sensor has data dating back to Oct 2018. Each "*data.csv" file has a corresponding "*_InstallationMethods.csv" file that describes the location, elevation, screen depth, sediment type and sensor metadata for each piezometer and pressure transducer.

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