Meteorological and Hydrographic Data, Kuparuk River Watershed

Summary

The data files in this data set contain climate and hydrographic information from sites on the North Slope of Alaska from 1985 to 2007. The variables collected were temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, soil heat flux and temperature, snow temperature, precipitation, snow pack water equivalent, and Imnavait Creek discharge rates (meters cubed per second).

NOTE: Updates and corrections were made to the data by the investigators, and all of the data files were replaced on 26 September 2008.

Data access

ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Related projects: ARCSS
Observational frequency: daily
Spatial type: point
Categories: Surface
Platforms: Meteorological Tower
Documentation:

• ANNUAL_SITE_DATA.TXT [53 KB]
• FIGURE1.JPG [56 KB]
• FIGURE2.JPG [33 KB]
• OVERVIEW.DOC [460 KB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime: 1985-01-01 00:00:00, End datetime: 2007-12-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Minimum latitude: 68.000000, Minimum longitude: -150.000000
Maximum latitude: 71.000000, Maximum longitude: -148.000000

Point of contact

Douglas Kane
University of Alaska Fairbanks
E-Mail address: dlkane at alaska dot edu