Meteorological and Hydrographic Data, Kuparuk River Watershed

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Data Contributors HINZMAN, LARRY D. KANE, D.L. Parameters AIR TEMPERATURE DISCHARGE/FLOW GROUND WATER DISCHARGE/FLOW HUMIDITY PRECIPITATION AMOUNT SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE SOIL HEAT BUDGET SOIL TEMPERATURE SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED WATER VAPOR 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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Data Citation

Kane, D. and L. Hinzman. 1997, updated 2003. Meteorological and hydrographic data, Kuparuk River Watershed. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.

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See Also

• Water and Environmental Research Center (WERC) North Slope Hydrology Research Project
• Snow Water Equivalent Field Measurements
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