Site: Saint Denis National Wildlife Area

Type	Variable	Frequency	Period	Availability	Storage	Note
Meteo	Air temperature / RH (1.5m, 2m, 10m), wind speed (2m, 10m) and direction (10m), barometric pressure (2m), net radiation (1m, 10m), net radiation components: down- and upwelling longwaveradiation (lwd, lwu), down- and upwelling shortwave irradiance (swd, swu);photosyntheticallyactive radiation (1m), precipitation (0.5m, 10m), fluxes (C, λE and H at 10m)	30 min	91/92-2018 (Mast)	Local	Database	Two towers collecting the Met Data. One is a mast with a height of 10 m and has been running since 1989. The other is a 10 scaffolding tower that has been running since Oct 2011. Over the years there have been various teams with the Federal Government that have managed the mast. Both towers are currently managed by Chris Spence with Environment Canada, Science and Technology Branch in Saskatoon. The data is collected monthly and flux corrections are applied. Mast data are between 2013-2018 for AP_Geonor_Avg. 2017-2018 for AP_Geonor_Sample, BVAvg_MT1, VP_2m. 2014-2018 for BVMin_MT1. 1998-2018 for InPPFD_1mLi190SB. 1995-2018 for WDSD1_10mRMYoung. Scaffolding: AirTemp_10mCS107 start data from 2015.
			2011-2018 (Scaffolding)
Hydrometric	Water level	3 times per year (May, Jun, Oct)	1968-2013	Local	Files	There are approximately 123 permanent ponds and approximately 100 ephemeral ponds in SDNWA. The measurement is taken from the middle of the pond if possible. If not possible they are taken from a stake on the edge and a calculation is used to estimate the center of the pond. Similar data are available for wetlands near Melfort, Swift Current and Saskatoon: 1968-2010. The US Geological Survey has collected similar data for wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake Study Area (North Dakota) from 1979-present. The US Fish and wildlife Service has collected similar data since 1986 at the Orchid Meadows site (South Dakota).[http://wetlandscape.org/fieldsites.html]
Electrical conductivity	Electrical Conductivity	3 times per year (May, Jun, Oct)	2009-2013	Local	Files	When the water level data is collected each year an EC (mS/cm) reading is taken.  This has been measured consistently since 2009 and there are random measurements prior to 2009.
		Hourly	2013-2018		Database	Data are for 3 transects for this period of time and 2 Stations for first transect.
Water chemistry	THg, MeHg, SO4, SUVA, TDS, EC, pH		1993-1995 2006-2011 1996-1999 1993-1998 1993-2011	Local	Files	There are several chemistry data sets related to various projects over the years. Chemistry data has not been collected consistently on a yearly basis at St Denis. The earliest data collected is from the WEVS project from 1993 to 1995, which involved a extensive suite of measurements. Studies done from 2006 to 2011 (measured THg, MeHg, SO4, SUVA on a number of ponds), 1996 to 1999 (TDS, EC, and pH), 1993 to 1998 (suite of water chemistry data collected on various ponds), 1993 to 2011. Measurements are taken from water samples in a lab environment. No comparable data sets are available.
Isotope data	Varying datasets related to isotopes		1993-2010	Local	Files	Data sets available for various ponds depending on the project. New project related to the land use change started in 2013. SDNWA is undergoing a 5 year plan to convert it from agriculture to natural prairie. During this 5 year change water samples will be collected from each pond in SDNWA and isotope analysis will be conducted. Measurements are taken from water samples in a lab environment. No comparable data sets are available.
Soil moisture			1993-2002	Local	Files	Along with isotope data for land use change there will be soil samples taken each year in 3 transects with approx. 150 samples taken. The samples will be tested for soil moisture. Other soil moisture data sets exist for various projects from 93 to 2002. No comparable data.
	SoilVWC	Hourly	2013-2018		Database
Snow surveys	SWE	Annually	1994-2017	Local	Database	There are 2 traditional snow survey transects that are measured every year for depth and water equivalent. The depth is a direct measurements and the water equivalent is calculated. No comparable data available. There are 5 different transects for SWE.
Ground water	Piezometer data		1980-2013	Public	Database	There are approximately 200 piezometers within SDNWA boundaries. Water level measurements taken from 1980 to current. Some of the piezometers have been destroyed or are inactive so data is limited for each piezometer. Data obtained by direct measurement from an instrument. No comparable data available.
GIS data				Local	Files	Calculated data such as estimated pond volume, channels and fill and spill analysis

Database metadata links

Stations:

http://giws.usask.ca:8080/KiWIS/KiWIS?service=kisters&type=queryServices&request=getStationList&datasource=0&format=html&site_no=S002&returnfields=site_name,station_name,stationparameter_name

Current status of the data and milestones

Published data paper:

Bam, E., Brannen, R., Budhathoki, S., Ireson, A., Spence, C., & Van der Kamp, G. (2019). Meteorological, soil moisture, surface water, and groundwater data from the St. Denis National Wildlife Area, Saskatchewan, Canada. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 11, 553-563, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-553-2019

Published dataset:

Bam, E., Brannen, R., Budhathoki, S., Ireson, A., Spence, C., & Van der Kamp, G. (2018). Atmospheric, soil, surface and groundwater data from the St Denis National Wildlife Area, Saskatchewan, Canada [Dataset]. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0115

SDNWA contact:

Rosa Brannen

Research Technician

rosa.brannen@usask.ca

Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan

National Hydrology Research Centre

11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5, Canada

Data management requests:

Amber Peterson

amber.peterson@usask.ca

Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan

National Hydrology Research Centre

11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5, Canada

Ph: (306)966-6165 Fax: (306)966-1193