Site: Baker Creek,
NWT
(-114.433333,
62.583333)
|
Type |
Variable |
Frequency |
Period |
Availability |
Storage |
Note |
|
Meteo |
Air
temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, four component
net radiation, turbulent fluxes, and rainfall. |
Half
hourly |
1942-2013 |
Local
and online |
Files
and Database |
Four
climate stations located on exposed bedrock, two over lakes and one in a
wetland. Additional tipping buckets at some stream gauging
sites. Measurement heights vary by station. MSC
Yellowknife A station 5 km from basin. We have Met data at WISKI at Landing
Lake Tower (2008-2016) and for Vital Upland Tower (2005-2017) |
|
Hydrometric |
Water
level and streamflow at seven gauging stations including WSC station 07SB013 |
Half
hourly |
1972-2013 |
Local |
Files
and Database |
The
WSC gauge has the longest record. Other periods of record include
Baker Creek at outlet of Landing Lake (2004-2016), At Vital Narrows
(2005-2013), Vital Lake Above and Moss Creek at outlet of Lake 690
(2008-2016), outlet of Duckfish Lake(2009-2016) Trail
Creek at the outlet of Trail Lake (2009-2013) in WISKI. |
|
Water
chemistry |
Includes
ion suite, physicals, nutirents and dissolved
metals for five of the hydrometric gauges and six wells |
Monthly |
2010-2013 |
Local |
Files |
Surface
water sites are Baker Creek below Lower Martin Lake, Baker Creek at Vital
Narrows, Baker Creek above Vital.
Groundwater wells are in organic and brunisol
soils or either clayey or sandy texture. |
|
Isotope
data |
d18O and d2H |
Monthly |
1995-2013 |
Local |
Files |
Surface
water sites are Baker Creek below Lower Martin Lake, Baker Creek at Vital
Narrows, Baker Creek above Vital. The
longest record is at Pocket Lake. Groundwater
wells are in organic and brunisol soils or either
clayey or sandy texture. |
|
Soil
moisture |
Volumetric
soil moisture at surface, 25 cm and 40 cm depth |
Half
hourly |
2005-2013 |
Local |
Files
and Database |
Six
of the sites are aligned with wells and soil moisture sites; four in organic
soil columns and two in brunisol soil columns. In
WISKI we have SoilTemp_Surface at Landing Lake
Tower (2008-2016) and SoilTemp_10,20,30,46cm and Surface for 1day frequency
(2007-2016) |
|
Soil
temperature |
Soil
temperatures at surface 25 cm and 40 cm depth, one deep (>10 m) thermistor string and
one in exposed bedrock to 50 cm depth |
Half
hourly |
2005-2013 |
Local |
Files
and Database |
Six
of the sites are aligned with wells and soil moisture sites; four in organic
soil columns and two in brunisol soil columns. |
|
Snow
surveys |
Snow
depth, density and water equivalent |
Annually |
2004-2013 |
Local |
Files
and Database |
Eight
25 point snow courses over five land cover types conducted each spring in the
first week of April. In WISKI we have Snow Survey data for (2004-2016) |
|
Groundwater |
Ten
wells at mean maximum active layer depth |
Semi-annually |
2007-2013 |
Local |
Files |
Ten
sites; six aligned with soil moisture and temperature; four in organic soil
columns and two in brunisol soil columns. |
|
Spatial
data |
10
m land cover and 1 m DEM, lake and stream network, saturated area maps. |
|
|
|
|
SPOT
derived land cover map with six classes.
LiDAR derived 1m DEM. NTS data
available. Unclassified Radarsat, SPOT classified for saturated areas in 2009. |
Current status of the data and milestones
Published data paper:
Spence, C., & Hedstrom, N. (2018). Hydrometeorological data from Baker Creek Research Watershed, Northwest Territories, Canada. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 1753-1767, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1753-2018
Published dataset:
Spence, C., & Hedstrom, N. (2018). Baker Creek Research Catchment Hydrometeorological and Hydrological Data [Dataset]. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/101.026
Baker Creek contact
Chris
Spence
Research
Scientist
Environment
Canada
11
Innovation Blvd
Saskatoon,
SK CANADA
306
975 6907