Site: West Nose
Creek, AB
Type |
Variable |
Frequency |
Period |
Availability |
Storage |
Note |
Meteo |
Air
temp/relative humidity (1.6 m), four-component radiation (1.7 m), wind speed
and direction (3.1 m), precipitation (tipping bucket), precipitation
(weighing gauge with Alter shield), snow depth |
30
minute |
2006-2018 |
Local |
Database |
Two
weather stations equipped with soil moisture sensors providing
hydro-meteorological data since 2004.
Spy Hill Grassland: some parameters start time is 2017. Spy Hill
Native Grassland: WD/WS_220cmRMY started from 2010. Wooliams
Farm: data between 2005-2016. AT/RH_235cmHMP45 data between 2009-2011. WD_155cmMetOne data between
2012-2016. |
Soil
|
Soil
moisture (0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 1.0 m), soil temperature (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0,
1.5 m) |
30
minute |
2004-2018 |
Local |
Database |
Spy
Hill Grassland: Soil data does not
have any gap. Wooliams Farm: data between 2005-2016. ST_Dep100cmCS107 data between 2009-2011. ST_Dep00/020/040/060/080/100/150cmTC
data between 2005-2009.
ST_SP00/020/040/060/080/100/150cmTC data between 2009-2016.
ST_SP010cmTC data between 2013-2016. SoilVWC
parameters start time is 2006. |
Hydrometric |
Streamflow (March
– October) |
30
min, 15 min, 10 min |
2006-2015 |
Local |
Database |
Gaps
are just months between Octobers to next year March.
1982-1995 were collected by Water Survey of Canada |
Daily
(1982-1995) |
1982-1995 |
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Eddy
covariance flux data |
Latent
and sensible heat fluxes (1.9 m) |
30
minute |
2006-2013 |
Local |
Files |
Collocated
at one of the weather stations |
Snow
survey |
Along
two transects |
Weekly
to bi-weekly |
2004-2013 |
Local |
Files |
|
Ground
water |
Ground
water level |
Weekly
to bi-weekly manual measurements for shallow wells. 1
hour for deep aquifer wells |
2004-2013 |
Local |
Files |
Two
clusters of shallow groundwater monitoring wells, network of ten monitoring
wells for deep aquifers |
Current status of
the data and milestones
No database imports planned in 2013/2014. Measurement records and other material should be reorganized and copied to the central server location during spring and summer 2014.
West Nose Creek
investigator:
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