Site:
Lake O’Hara, BC
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Type |
Variable |
Frequency |
Period |
Availability |
Storage |
Note |
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Meteo |
Air
temperature/relative humidity (2.6 m), four-component radiation (2.7 m), wind
speed and direction (4.1 m), precipitation (tipping bucket), precipitation
(weighing gauge with an Alter shield) |
Hourly,
30 min |
2004-2018 |
Local
(O’Hara), telemetered daily (Opabin) |
Database |
Opabin Plateau |
|
Hourly |
2004-2017 |
Database |
Lake
O’Hara |
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Files |
Two
weather stations at 2230 m (Opabin Plateau) and
2000 m (Lake O’Hara) |
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Hydrometric |
Streamflow
(June-September) |
Hourly,
30 min |
2004-2008 |
Local |
Database |
East
Opabin Gauge |
|
Hourly,
30 min |
2006-2017 |
Database |
Gorge
Gauge |
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Hourly,
30 min |
2004-2017 |
Database |
Hungabee Gauge |
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|
10
min, 15 min, 30 min |
2007-2017 |
Database |
Junction
Gauge |
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Hourly,
30 min |
2004-2017 |
Database |
Lake
O'Hara Outlet Gauge |
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|
30
min |
2013-2014 |
Database |
Lower
Oesa |
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Hourly,
30 min |
2004-2017 |
Database |
Mary
Gauge |
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|
Hourly,
30 min |
2004-2017 |
Database |
Oesa Falls Gauge |
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|
Hourly,
30 min |
2006-2017 |
Database |
Upper
Opabin Gauge |
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|
Hourly,
30 min |
2004-2008 |
Database |
West
Opabin Gauge |
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|
Files |
Six
stream gauging stations operating in 2013. |
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Hydrometric |
Water
level data |
15
min |
2012-2014 |
Local |
Database |
Oesa Lake |
|
Hourly,
15min, 30 min |
2004-2017 |
Database |
Lake
O’Hara |
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|
10
min, 15 min, 30 min |
2009-2017 |
Database |
Opabin Lake |
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|
Files |
Water
level measured in Lake O’Hara, Opabin Lake, and Oesa Lake |
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Eddy
covariance flux data |
Sensible
and latent heat flux |
|
2008 |
Local |
Files |
Measured
at Opabin Plateau in July-Sep. 2008 |
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Snow
survey |
Snow
depth and density |
Hourly,
30 min |
2004-2018 |
Local |
Database |
Opabin Plateau |
|
Hourly |
2004-2017 |
Lake
O’Hara |
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2006-2017 |
Annual
snow survey at peak accumulation. High intensity sampling in 2006-2010
(1,200-1,500 depth points). Snow survey only at the two weather stations
2011-2013 |
Current
status of the data and milestones
Published data paper:
He, J., & Hayashi, M. (2019). Lake O’Hara alpine hydrological observatory: hydrological and meteorological dataset, 2004-2017. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 11, 111-117, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-111-2019
Published dataset:
He, J., & Hayashi, M. (2018). Hydrological and meteorological dataset from the Lake O’Hara alpine hydrological observatory, 2004-2017 [Dataset]. Federated Research Data Repository.
https://doi.org/10.20383/101.035
Lake
O’Hara site contact:
Masaki Hayashi
Department of Geoscience
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
Phone: (403)220-2794 Fax: (403)284-0074