Meteorological and Hydrographic Data, Kuparuk River Watershed

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Data Contributors HINZMAN, LARRY D. KANE, DOUG L. Parameters ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED GROUND WATER > GROUND WATER DISCHARGE/FLOW PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT SNOW/ICE > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE SOILS > SOIL HEAT BUDGET SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE SURFACE WATER > DISCHARGE/FLOW Instruments RAIN GAUGES THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS

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The data files in this data set contain climate and hydrographic information from sites on the North Slope of Alaska from 1985 to 2001. The variables collected were temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, soil heat flux and temperature, snow temperature, precipitation, snow pack water equivalent, and Imnavait Creek discharge rates (meters cubed per second).

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Doug Kane and Larry Hinzman. 2003. Meteorological and Hydrographic Data, Kuparuk River Watershed. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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• Snow Water Equivalent Field Measurements
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