Daily cycles in solar flux, snowmelt, transpiration, groundwater, and streamflow at Sagehen and Independence Creeks, Sierra Nevada, USA

Hydrometerological and ecohydrological time series from Sagehen Creek and Independence Creek, Sierra Nevada, USA, illustrating hydrological responses to daily cycles in snowmelt and evapotranspiration forcing.

Data include 30-minute time series of

  • weather variables,

  • sap flow fluxes,

  • groundwater levels (in two riparian transects of shallow groundwater wells),

  • and stream stages (at 12 sites spanning a 500-meter elevation gradient),

and daily time series of

  • temperature, precipitation, and snow water equivalent at three nearby snow telemetry stations

  • diel cycle index values for groundwater levels and stream stages,

  • and MODIS normalized difference snow index (NDSI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI2) values averaged over selected subcatchments.

Google Earth Engine scripts for extracting the MODIS data are also provided.

Funding Information:

This work was supported by:
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • California Water Resources Center
  • US National Science Foundation SAHRA (Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas) Science and Technology Center

Related Publications

Kirchner, J.W., S.E. Godsey, M. Solomon, R. Osterhuber, J.R. McConnell, and D. Penna, The pulse of a montane ecosystem: coupled daily cycles in solar flux, snowmelt, transpiration, groundwater, and streamflow at Sagehen and Independence Creeks, Sierra Nevada, USA, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2020-77, 2020.

Publications using this data set should cite this paper.

Publications using the USGS stream gauge data herein should acknowledge the US Geological Survey.

Publications using the snow telemetry station data herein should acknowledge the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Citation:

Kirchner, James W.; Godsey, Sarah E.; Solomon, Madeline; Osterhuber, Randall; McConnell, Joseph R.; Penna, Daniele (2020). Daily cycles in solar flux, snowmelt, transpiration, groundwater, and streamflow at Sagehen and Independence Creeks, Sierra Nevada, USA. EnviDat. doi:10.16904/envidat.155.

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DOI 10.16904/envidat.155
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Authors
  • Email: kirchnerfoo(at)ethz.ch ORCID: 0000-0001-6577-3619 Given Name: James W. Family Name: Kirchner Affiliation: ETH Zurich Additional Affiliation : Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Additional Affiliation : University of California, Berkeley DataCRediT: Collection, Validation, Curation, Software, Publication, Supervision
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Contact Person Given Name: James W. Family Name: Kirchner Email: kirchnerfoo(at)ethz.ch Affiliation: ETH Zurich ORCID: 0000-0001-6577-3619
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Publication Publisher: EnviDat Year: 2020
Dates
  • Type: Collected Date: 2005-10-01 End Date: 2008-09-30
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Type Dataset
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Language English
Location Sagehen Creek Field Station, Truckee, California, USA
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