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- High-resolution stream discharge data, June 2006 to September 2018, at the three Bisley Experimental Watersheds, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico
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Denner, Jon C.; Estrada Ruiz, Carlos R.; Heartsill Scalley, Tamara; Salgado, Miriam; Torrens Santos, Carlos M.; Shanley, James B.; González, Grizelle - Publication Year:
- 2022
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Denner, Jon C.; Estrada Ruiz, Carlos R.; Heartsill Scalley, Tamara; Salgado, Miriam; Torrens Santos, Carlos M.; Shanley, James B.; González, Grizelle. 2022. High-resolution stream discharge data, June 2006 to September 2018, at the three Bisley Experimental Watersheds, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0074
- Abstract:
- The USDA Forest Service (USFS) operates three small streamgages to support biogeochemical and forestry research in the Bisley Experimental Watersheds, part of the Luquillo Experimental Forest in northeastern Puerto Rico. The streamgages (Bisley Q1, Bisley Q2, and Bisley Q3) had been set up and briefly operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1987. In 2019 the Forest Service contracted with USGS to check and quality control the data collected since 2006 and convert stage to discharge using existing and modified rating curves, based on in-depth analysis of field notes and comparison of flows at the three streamgages to one another and to nearby USGS streamgages. This data release contains the corrected and quality controlled high-resolution gage height (stage) and discharge data for June 8, 2006, through September 30, 2018, as well as separate files with daily average discharge for that period. This data publication also includes a document containing the detailed procedures used to correct the data and confirm/construct gage height to discharge rating curves.
- Keywords:
- stage; discharge; rating; culvert; V-notch; watershed; datalogger; flow tracker; barometric pressure; environment; inlandWaters; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Puerto Rico; Bisley Experimental Watersheds; Rio Mameyes; El Yunque National Forest
- Related publications:
- Heartsill Scalley, Tamara; Scatena, Fredrick N.; Moya, S.; Lugo, Ariel E. 2012. Long-term dynamics of organic matter and elements exported as coarse particulates from two Caribbean montane watersheds. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 28: 127-139. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266467411000733 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/41610
- Leon, Miguel C.; Heartsill Scalley, Tamara; Santiago, Iván; McDowell, William H. 2021. Hydrological mapping in the Luquillo Experimental Forest: New local datum improves watershed ecological knowledge. Hydrology. 8(1): 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8010054 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/62691
- Scatena, Frederick N. 1989. An introduction to the physiography and history of the Bisley Experimental Watersheds in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. General Technical Report. SO-72. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 22 pages. https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-GTR-72
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