Year 2016, 15 minute measurements of stage, water temperature in a small headwater stream draining a mainly wetland catchment (49% wetlands/swamp + 36% forest), Bear Meadow Brook, draining Cedar Swamp, Reading, MA.

Summary

Short name: 

WAT-YSI-Swamp-2016

Abstract: 

Year 2016, continuous measurements, every 15 minutes, were made of stage and water temperature in a small headwater stream, Bear Meadow Brook , Cedar Swamp, Reading MA, draining a mainly wetland catchment (49% wetland + 36% wetland).  Discharge is determined from stage using discharge vs stage regressions.

Data set ID: 

555

EML revision ID: 

1
Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation Suggestion: 

Wollheim, W. 2020. Year 2016, 15 minute measurements of stage, water temperature in a small headwater stream draining a mainly wetland catchment (49% wetlands/swamp + 36% forest), Bear Meadow Brook, draining Cedar Swamp, Reading, MA. Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/be247d728044ee66f6a0161326fabcbb
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Dates

Date Range: 

Friday, January 1, 2016 to Saturday, December 31, 2016

Publication Date: 

Thursday, December 3, 2020
People

Owner/Creator: 

Wilfred Wollheim

Contact: 

Wilfred Wollheim

Project: 

Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER IV, 2016-2022)
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Data sources: 

WAT-YSI-Swamp-2016_csv
WAT-YSI-Swamp-2016_xls
Methodology

Methods: 

HOBO data loggers were used exclusively this year to monitor stage height and water temperature

HOBO: Depth and water temperature are recorded by the HOBO data logger.  Depths are corrected for barometric pressure changes using readings in an additional HOBO datalogger deployed at Marshview Farm.   The HOBO is deployed in a  a PVC tube, which was attached to ree-bar driven into the stream bed.  The PVC tube has holes drilled to allow adequate water circulation.

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

Beaver activity has been continuous since 2010, and so no rating curve information is available. However stage continues to be monitored, so changes due to storms, and/or beaver activity, relative to  the channelized state are useful information

Flags:
1-- Discharge will be calculated when a new rating curve is developed.
2-- Beaver activity

Maintenance: 

Periodic with improvement of rating curve, particularly as more high discharge events are incorporated.
Data complete for the year.
Version 01: December 3, 2020, data and metadata updates to comply with importation to DEIMS7 and LTER Data Portal. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Sep2020.xlsm 9/17/20 1:11 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0.