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Temperature and discharge

Stream temperature and discharge

Stream temperature and discharge Each summer, water temperature and stream discharge are determined for the Kuparuk River and Oksrukuyik Creek. In many years, temperature and stream height were recorded manually each day. In recent years, dataloggers have measured stream temperature and stream height at regular intervals. The Kuparuk River data is maintained by Dough Kane on the Water and Environmental Research Center at UAF (http://www.uaf.edu/water/projects/NorthSlope/upper_kuparuk/uk_river/uk_river.html) Stream height is converted into stream discharge based on a rating curve calculated from manual discharge measurements throughout the season. The principal investigator in charge of the temperature and discharge measurements is Dr. Breck Bowden.

The menu below provides a complete list of temperature and discharge files. Consult the brief descriptor following each file name for the information contained in each file. Clicking on a file name will send you to a document file that describes the method in which the data were collected; from the document file, you can access the data file by clicking on the hypertext data file name.

  • 00pekdis - Discharge data for the Kuparuk River, May 30 - September 15, 2000.

  • 00pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June 12 - September 15, 2000.

  • 00peodis - Stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, June 20 - August 15, 2000.

  • 00peotmp - Temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for June 20 -August 15,2000.

  • 01pekdis - Discharge data for the Kuparuk River, May 30 - September 15, 2001.

  • 01pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June 5 - September 15, 2001.

  • 01peodis - Stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, June 18 - August 21, 2001.

  • 01peotmp - Temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for June 18 -August 21,2001.

  • 02pekdis - Discharge data for the Kuparuk River, May 20 - August 16, 2002.

  • 02pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June 13 - August 16, 2002.

  • 02peodis - Stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, June 16 - August 20, 2002.

  • 02peotmp - Temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for June 16 -August 20,2002.

  • 03peodis - Stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, June 16 - August 12, 2003.

  • 03peotmp - Temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for June 16 -August 12,2003.

  • 04peodis - Oksrukuyik Creek stage height and calculated discharge for the summer of 2004.

  • 04peotmp - Oksrukuyik Creek continuous temperature recorded by a datalogger

  • 05peodis - Oksrukuyik Creek stage height and calculated discharge for the summer of 2005 .

  • 05peotmp - Oksrukuyik Creek continuous temperature recorded by a datalogger

  • 06peodis - Oksrukuyik Creek stage height and calculated discharge for the summer of 2006.

  • 06peotmp - Oksrukuyik Creek continuous temperature recorded by a datalogger

  • 07peodis - Oksrukuyik Creek stage height and calculated discharge for the summer of 2007.

  • 07peotmp - Oksrukuyik Creek continuous temperature recorded by a datalogger

  • 08peodis - Oksrukuyik Creek stage height and calculated discharge for the summer of 2008 .

  • 08peotmp - Oksrukuyik Creek continuous temperature recorded by a datalogger

  • 87pekdis - Discharge data for the Kuparuk River for end of June-August 1987, calculated from stage height measurements.

  • 88pekdis - Discharge data for the Kuparuk River for June-August 1988 calculated from stage height measurements.

  • 88pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June-August 1988.

  • 88peodis - Mean daily discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek for mid May-Septemeber 1988, calculated from data acquired from USGS-Fairbanks.

  • 89pekdis - Discharge data for the Kuparuk River for June-early Sept. 1989 calculated from stage height measurements.

  • 89pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for May-September 1989.

  • 89peotmp - Daily temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for mid May-Septemeber 1988.

  • 90pekdis - Discharge data for the Kuparuk River for June-late August 1990 calculated from stage height measurements.

  • 90pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June-August 1990.

  • 90peodis - Mean daily discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek for mid May-Septemeber 1990, calculated from data acquired from USGS-Fairbanks.

  • 91pekdis - Discharge data for the Kuparuk River for June-late August 1991 calculated from stage height measurements.

  • 91pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June-August 1991.

  • 91peodis - Daily discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek for May 27 - August 25 1991, calculated from stage height data collected on USGS chart recorder.

  • 91peotmp - Daily temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for mid May-Septemeber 1991.

  • 92pekdis - Discharge and stage height data for the Kuparuk River, June 27 - August 18, 1992.

  • 92pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June-August 1992.

  • 92peodis - Daily stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, June 14 - August 26 1992.

  • 92peotmp - Daily temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for June-August 1992.

  • 93pekdis - Discharge and stage height data for the Kuparuk River, summer, 1993.

  • 93pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for summer, 1993.

  • 93peodis - Daily stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, June 2 - August 27 1993.

  • 93peotmp - Daily temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for June-August 1993.

  • 94pekdis - Discharge and stage height data for the Kuparuk River, June 4 - September 6, 1994.

  • 94pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June-September, 1994.

  • 94peodis - Daily stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, July 2 - August 22 1994.

  • 94peotmp - Hourly temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for July-August 1994.

  • 95pekdis - Discharge and stage height data for the Kuparuk River, 1 June-6 September, 1995.

  • 95pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June-September, 1995.

  • 95peodis - Daily stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, July - August 1995.

  • 95peotmp - Hourly temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for July-August 1995.

  • 96pekdis - Discharge and stage height data for the Kuparuk River, June-August, 1996.

  • 96pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June-August, 1996.

  • 96peodis - Daily stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, July - August 1996.

  • 97pekdis - Discharge and stage height data for the Kuparuk River, June 1-Sept. 29, 1997.

  • 97pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for June 1-Sept.29, 1997.

  • 97peodis - Daily stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, June 14 - August 18,1997.

  • 97peotmp - Hourly temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for June 14-August 18,1997.

  • 98pekdis - Discharge and stage height data for the Kuparuk River, June 1-Sept.7, 1998.

  • 98peodis - Stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, June - August 1998.

  • 98peotmp - Temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for June-August 1998.

  • 99pekdis - Discharge and stage height data for the Kuparuk River, May 12 - August 5, 1999.

  • 99pektmp - Temperature data for the Kuparuk River for May 29 - August 4, 1999.

  • 99peodis - Stage height and discharge data for Oksrukuyik Creek, June 17 - August 10,1999.

  • 99peotmp - Temperature data for Oksrukuyik Creek for June 17-August 10,1999.

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