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Arctic LTER Database

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Principal Investigator
Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL St.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

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Dataset ID:	95peodis
Dataset Title:	Daily stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, July - August 1995, Arctic LTER 1995.
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Last Name:	Peterson
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Associate Investigators:	Chris Harvey, Kim Hageman, USGS/Fairbanks
Keywords:	Oksrukuyik, creek, discharge, datalogger, chart recorder
Abstract:	Daily stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, July - August 1995.
Contact:	Arctic LTER Information Manager The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone (508) 289 7496 Email: arc_im@mbl.edu Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/
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Data File Name	95peodis
Beginning Date	5/1/1995
End Date	9/1/1995
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Log of Changes:	Log of changes: For Archival Use: DATE RECEIVED: September 30, 1996 DATA FILE ENTERED BY: Chris Harvey DATA FILE VALIDATION: NAME: Chris Harvey DATE: September 30, 1996



RESEARCH LOCATION:
Geographic Description	The Oksrukuyik Creek crossing at the Dalton Highway. Lat 68 41'13", long 19 05'42", in NE1/2, sec.4, T.9 S., R.13E., on left bank 10 m downstream from culvert, at mile 297.9 Dalton Hwy, 14 mi south of Pump Station 3, and 16.5 mi upstream from mouth. USGS Hydrologic Unit 19060402.
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Methods:	Stage height measurements were taken hourly with a Campbell CR-10 datalogger, and continuously with the USGS Stevens chart recorder, at the USGS gauging station, 10 meters downstream of the the Dalton Highway crossing. Discharge measurements were taken by Chris Harvey and Kim Hageman using a Marsh-McBirney flow meter and a Teledyne-Gurley flow meter at a location 20 meters below the chart recorder. Flow was measured at 20 points for each transect. A total of 8 discharge measurements were used to calibrate the rating curves for this year. Notes: The high water event that occurred on July 31 caused Oksrukuyik Creek to overflow its banks for several days. The stage height during this time was far beyond the greatest stage height at which a manual dischage measurement was taken with a flow meter. Therefore, the discharge estimates during this event may be inaccurate. This event, however, represents only a small fraction of the total discharge profile for the season. The USGS Stevens chart recorder data are not used in this dataset. Sampling Description. None

Data Table

Variable	Variable descrip.		Precis./Units	Coded	Missing
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SITE		site of measurement				y
D/D		distance from 1991 dripper	0.01 km	n
DATE		Date				DDMMMYY	 n
DAY		Julian day			1 day		n
HOUR		24-Hr Alaska Std. Time	0000 hrs	n
STAGE	stage height			.001 m		n	-9999
DISCHARGE					m3/s		n	-9999
(12) CALCULATIONS
Variable        Formula
Discharge     Discharge = a(x^b)
a=2.2491e-07
b=3.5465
x=stage height in meters