Meteorological and hydrological data from the West Nose Creek hydrological observatory

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Overview Research Site Status and Provenance Access and Downloads

Name of Research Project

Related Project	Part
GWF-PW: Prairie Water	WP2: Groundwater

Related Research Project(s)

Related Project	Part
GWF-PW: Prairie Water

Dataset Title

Meteorological and hydrological data from the West Nose Creek hydrological observatory

Creators and Contributors

Name	Role	Email	Institution
Maskai Hayashi	Point of Contact, Principal Investigator	hayashi@ucalgary.ca	University of Calgary

Abstract

Meteorological data were collected at automatic weather stations (AWS), and hydrological data were collected at several stream gauging stations, lake water level monitoring stations, and groundwater monitoring wells. Details are described in Hayashi and Farrow (2014, Hydrogeology Journal, 22, 1825-1839).

Purpose

This dataset supports the Global Water Futures project Prairie Water and its goals to understand groundwater recharge processes in the Canadian prairies, develop practical models for recharge estimation, and evaluate the spatial distribution of recharge in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Plain Language Summary

The data set contain meteorological and hydrological variables that are useful for understanding seasonal, inter-annual, and inter-decadal patters of changes in weather, stream flow, lake water level, soil moisture conditions, and groundwater levels in the prairies.

Keywords

Keyword
hydrology
meteorology
soil moisture
groundwater
streamflow
Canadian prairies

Description of Specific Location	Latitude	Longitude
West Nose Creek	51.2117	-114.1644

Does the data have access restrictions?

▣ No restriction (data is currently open to public)

◻ Limited (data is currently under embargo until publication)

◻ Limited (data involves intellectual property issues related to local or traditional knowledge)

◻ Limited (release of data may cause harm to the environment or to the public)

◻ Limited (pre-existing data has been used and is subject to access restrictions)

◻ Limited (data involves human subjects)

◻ Limited (data is supported by industry partnerships)

◻ Limited (data is supported by government partnerships)

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List of Parameters and Variables

Parameter/Variable	Unit	Frequency	Source
air temperature	degree C	30min	thermometer
relative humidity	%	30min	Relative humidity sensor
precipitation	mm	60min	Weighing precipitation gauge
wind speed	m/s	30min	Wind sensor
radiation	W/m2	30min	Four-component radiometer
turbulent heat flux	W/m2	30min	Eddy-covariance system
snow depth	m	30min	Sonic ranger
soil water content		30min	Capacitance sensor
soil temperature	degree C	30min	Thermistor
groundwater level	m	Various	Pressure transducer
streamflow	m3/s	Daily	Pressure transducer and stage-discharge rating curve
lake water level	m	30min	Pressure transducer
Stable isotopic ratio in water samples	per mill	Various	Mass spectrometer

Begin Date	End Date
2005-08-01