Data provided in this package are now out-of-date and not recommended for use. Updated data are now provided as separate data packages (temperature, streamflow, peatland and upland water table elevations, etc.). To find newer data, search the catalog for "Marcell Experimental Forest".

Title:

Marcell Experimental Forest cumulative hydrology database, 1960-2000

Author(s):

Verry, Elon S.; Elling, Arthur E.

Publication Year:

2005

How to Cite:

These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the citation below. To cite the entire data paper:

Verry, Elon S.; Elling, Arthur E. 2005. Marcell Experimental Forest cumulative hydrology database, 1960-2000. St. Paul, MN: USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2005-0001

To cite material from this chapter:
Verry, Elon S.; Elling, Arthur E. Marcell Experimental Forest cumulative hydrology database, 1960–2000. St. Paul, MN: USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station. Chapter 1, Introduction. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2005-0001

** PLEASE NOTE ** Quite a few errors in these data have been found by the research team. Caution is advised when using this edition of the data. Use for classroom exercises should provide reasonable results. But data are in the process of being updated and provided as separate data publications. Updated data are listed in the Cross Reference section.

Abstract:

This database contains soils, weather, and hydrologic data collected at the Marcell Experimental Forest from 1960-2000. The data came from six peatland / upland forest watersheds instrumented for hydrologic monitoring.

The particular variables measured are daily temperature (maximum, minimum, average), daily precipitation, daily water table, daily runoff, monthly water table, monthly maximum runoff (maximum flow head height, peak flow rate), maximum rain runoff, maximum snow runoff, monthly total runoff, frost (frost thickness, frost occurrence as percent of area) by covertype (conifer, deciduous, open), frost in bogs (depth to frost layer, frost thickness, frost occurrence as percent of area), maximum snowpack (maximum snow water content, maximum snowpack depth), soil temperature, soil properties (bulk density, soil moisture at 15 BAR), and soil available water.

Not all variables were measured at all watersheds in all years.

Keywords:

biota; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; geoscientificInformation; inlandWaters; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Assessments; forest hydrology; peatlands; bogs; weather; temperature; streamflow; runoff; frost; snow; soil; EFR; experimental forest; Marcell Experimental Forest; Minnesota

Related publications:

• Verry, Elon S.; Elling, Arthur E.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Kolka, Randall K.; Kyllander, Richard. 2018. Marcell Experimental Forest daily streamflow data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0009
• Verry, Elon S.; Elling, Arthur E.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Kolka, Randall K.; Kyllander, Richard. 2018. Marcell Experimental Forest peatland and upland water table elevations. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0002

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