Title:

Kings River Experimental Watersheds meteorology data

Author(s):

Hunsaker, Carolyn T.; Safeeq, Mohammad

Publication Year:

2018

How to Cite:

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Hunsaker, Carolyn T.; Safeeq, Mohammad. 2018. Kings River Experimental Watersheds meteorology data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0028

Abstract:

The Kings River Experimental Watersheds (KREW) project is a long-term forest management study that began in the early 2000's. KREW is comprised of 10 headwater catchments of the Kings River Basin within the Sierra National Forest, California. Four meteorological stations are located within KREW at elevations of 1730 meters (lower Providence), 1950 meters (upper Providence), 2160 meters (lower Bull) and 2400 meters (upper Bull). This data publication contains level 1a (i.e. quality controlled but no gap filling) snow depth, snow water equivalent, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed, and wind direction measurements taken every fifteen minutes at all four sites from 2002 to 2017. Also included are level 2 (i.e. quality controlled and gap filled) daily precipitation, snow depth, snow water equivalent, and minimum/maximum air temperatures. Shapefiles containing watershed boundaries and locations of the meteorological stations are also provided.

Keywords:

air temperature; snow depth; snow water equivalent; precipitation; solar radiation; wind speed; wind direction; relative humidity; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Climate change; Climatology; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Natural Resource Management & Use; Climate change effects; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Water; Kings River; Kings River Experimental Watersheds; Providence Creek; Bull Creek; Teakettle Experimental Forest; Sierra National Forest; California

Related publications:

• Safeeq, Mohammad; Hunsaker, Carolyn T. 2016. Characterizing runoff and water yield variability for headwater catchments in the southern Sierra Nevada. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 52(6): 1327-1346. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12457
• Son, Kyongho; Tague, Christina; Hunsaker, Carolyn T. 2016. Effects of model spatial resolution on ecohydrologic predictions and their sensitivity to inter-annual climate variability in California’s Sierra Nevada watersheds. Water. 8(321): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8080321 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/52672
• Jepsen, Steven M.; Harmon, Thomas C.; Meadows, Matthew W. ; Hunsaker, Carolyn T. 2015. Hydrogeologic influence on changes in snowmelt runoff with climate warming: Numerical experiments on a mid-elevation catchment in the Sierra Nevada, USA. Journal of Hydrology. 533: 332-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.010 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/52673
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