Site: Wolf Creek Research Basin, YT
Forest (-134.952833, 60.596000)
Alpine (-135.184652, 60.567267)
Buckbrush (-135.197151, 60.521630)
Wolf Creek @ Hwy (-134.9500, 60.6000)
Coal Lake Outlet (-135.162273, 60.5101620)
Upper Wolf Creek (-165.291596, 60.4908930)
|
Type |
Variable |
Frequency |
Period |
Availability |
Storage |
Note |
|
Meteo |
Air temperature, RH, IR canopy temperature, IR ground surface temperature, snow temperature, wind speed (upper and lower) and direction, net radiation, incoming shortwave radiation, outgoing shortwave radiation, snow depth, ground heat flux, barometric pressure, soil temperature (10cm), precipitation (nipher, tipping bucket, Geonor, standpipe, Pluvio) |
30 min |
1993-2018 |
CCRN Local |
Database |
3 met stations: Forest, Buckbrush, and Alpine. Barometric pressure at Alpine station only. Standpipe and Pluvio precip gauges at Buckbrush station only, Pluvio gauges installed in 2013. Geonor gauges installed in 2007 at Forest and in 2010 at Buckbrush and Alpine. Data loss is a common problem during the early winter due to loss of power at stations. The Buckbrush standpipe is a pressure sensing precipitation gauge that broadcasts data every 3 hours in real-time; also in real-time are extra air temperature, snow depth, soil moisture, and incoming shortwave radiation sensors at Buckbrush. |
|
Soil Moisture and Temperature |
Volumetric soil moisture and ground temperature profiles |
30 min |
1993-2018 |
CCRN Local |
Database |
Located at the 3 met stations. Profiles at 5,15,30,80 cm depth |
|
Hydrometric |
Water level, discharge, water temperature |
15 min stage |
1993-2013 |
CCRN Local |
Files |
Water level monitored continuously only from early May to early October. Discharge measurements throughout year are taken approximately once a month at Upper Wolf Creek, Coal Lake Outlet, and Wolf Creek @ Hwy. |
|
Snow Surveys |
Depth, density, SWE |
Monthly |
2004-2014 |
CCRN Local |
Database |
3 traditional snow survey sites at Forest, Alpine, and ShrubTundra. Each has a 25 point transect with 5 density measurements. |
|
Snow Pillow |
SWE |
3 hr |
1996-2013 |
CCRN Local |
Files |
Buckbrush station only. Real-time capabilities. |
|
Blowing Snow |
Snow particle detector |
30 min |
1993-2010 |
Local |
Files |
Located at the 3 met stations. |
|
Hanging Tree |
Tree weight, interpreted interception and evaporation |
|
1997-2003 |
Local |
|
Forest station only. |
|
Isotope data |
Stream, rain isotopes |
Mostly Biweekly |
2013- (also variable samples prior) |
Local |
|
Current project just began in August 2013. Some older isotope data also exists. |
|
Groundwater |
Water table depth, temperature |
1hr |
2001-2013 |
CCRN Local |
Files |
1 deep groundwater well located in the lower portion of the basin. |
|
Soil Surveys |
Soil horizons, coarse content, structure, texture, etc. |
Non-reoccurring |
1998 |
CCRN Local |
Files |
67 plots throughout basin. Bulk density and soil carbon data also available from separate surveys. |
|
Water Chemistry, Aquatic Organisms |
Inorganics, metals, nutrients, organics, physical, invertebrates |
Infrequent |
1993-1996, 2004-Present |
|
|
Located at Wolf Creek @ Hwy. Operated by Environment Canada Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Surveillance as part of Pacific Yukon Water Quality Monitoring Program and Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network.
|
|
Snowmelt Photographs |
|
Twice Daily |
2012-2013 |
Local |
Files |
Buckbrush station. |
|
Ground Temperature |
Deep Thermisters |
|
2006-2013 |
Local |
|
University of Ottawa permafrost studies operated by Antoni Lewkowicz. |
Granger Basin (-135.184652,
60.5465420)
GB 2, Stream Site
GB 3, South-Facing Slope
GB 4, North-Facing Slope
GB 5, Upper Granger
GB Plateau
|
Type |
Variable |
Frequency |
Period |
Availability |
Storage |
Note |
|
Meteo |
Air temperature, RH, IR ground surface temperature, wind speed and direction, net radiation, incoming and outgoing shortwave and longwave radiation, snow depth, ground heat flux, snow temperature, soil temperature (10cm), precipitation (tipping bucket) |
30 min (often 1 hr during winter) |
GB2: 1998-2009 GB3:
1998-2004 GB5: 1999-2008 GB PL: 2002-2013 |
Local |
File and Database |
Longwave radiation measured at GB 5 only. But we do not have it at WISKI. Then it discontinued in fall 2013 and this Longwave radiation moved to the Buckbrush station by 2014. We do not have GB PL Data at WISKI. |
|
Eddy Correlation |
Latent and sensible heat flux |
30 min |
1999-2003 |
Local |
Files |
GB 2, GB 3, GB 4, and GB Plateau stations. |
|
Soil Moisture |
Volumetric soil moisture |
30 min |
GB3: 2000-2004 GB PL: 2002-2012 |
Local |
File and Database |
GB Plateau has measurements at four different depths; we have GB 3 Soil Moisture data in WISKI measured at two depths. |
|
Hydrometric |
Water level, discharge, water temperature |
15 min stage |
1998-2013 |
Public |
Files |
Station located near GB 2. Water level monitored continuously only from early May to early October. Discharge measurements made throughout the year approximately once a month. |
|
Snow Surveys |
Depth, density, SWE |
Variable |
1997-2008 |
Local |
File and Database |
Various transects collected depending on presence of researchers. Data organization for these surveys is poor. We have SnowDepth at WISKI for GB2 (1998-2009), GB3 and GB4 (1998-2004) |
|
Isotope data |
Stream, rain |
Mostly Biweekly |
2013- (also variable samples prior) |
Local |
|
Current project just began in August 2013. Some older isotope data also exists. |
|
Snowmelt Photographs |
Snow-free area |
Daily |
Periodically from 2001-2009 |
Local |
Files |
North and south facing slopes. |
|
GIS data |
Elevation |
|
|
Local |
Files |
High-resolution LiDAR data. |
Further information on site instrumentation
Current status of the data and milestones
Meteorological data prior to 2010 found online from: www.usask.ca/ip3/data.php
Environment Canada water chemistry data available through CABIN: http://www.ec.gc.ca/rcba-cabin/default.asp?lang=En&n=4A1D6389-1
Published data paper:
Rasouli, K., Pomeroy, J.W., Janowicz, J.R., Williams, T.J, & Carey, S. (2019). A long-term hydrometeorological dataset (1993-2014) of a northern mountain basin: Wolf Creek Research Basin, Yukon Territory, Canada. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 11, 89-100, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-89-2019
Published dataset:
Rasouli, K., Pomeroy, J., Janowicz, J.R., Williams, T., & Carey, S. (2018). Hydrometeorological data collected at Wolf Creek Research Basin, Yukon Territory, Canada over 1993-2014 [Dataset]. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0113
Wolf Creek Research Basin Contacts
Sean Carey
McMaster University
Data Inquires
Tyler Williams
University of Saskatchewan/Water Resources Branch