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Research datasets from RMBL, the Spatial Data Platform, and partner repositories. Coverage filters use data years (when measurements were made), not publication dates.

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Place

Gunnison Basin (811)East River (201)Upper Colorado River Basin (168)Upper East River Beaver Pond (161)East River Watershed (144)Crested Butte (133)Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (126)Gunnison County (94)Gothic (72)Rocky Mountains (71)

Method

Random Forest climate downscaling (52)Piezometer groundwater monitoring (50)drive-point piezometer groundwater sampling (48)standard water chemistry analysis suite (38)airborne aeromagnetic surveying (34)Satellite-based snow disappearance tracking (32)gravimetric method (32)Multiscale Model to Model Cloud Compare method (32)Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (26)RTK-GNSS cross-section surveying (26)

Taxon

Centrocercus urophasianus (40)Centrocercus urophasianus or Centrocercus minimus (40)sage grouse (40)Centrocercus (40)Centrocercus minimus (40)Marmota (39)Gunnison sage-grouse (39)Yellow-bellied Marmot (36)Tamias minimus (34)Boechera stricta (32)

Sampling Frequency

sub-daily (238)daily (70)weekly (36)monthly (10)annual (165)multi-year (66)one-time (539)

Variables

air temperature (118)elevation (115)precipitation (101)soil moisture (92)snow depth (88)snow water equivalent (50)wind speed (48)soil temperature (45)streamflow (36)relative humidity (36)wind direction (33)water temperature (32)sex (31)discharge (31)

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Keywords

cations (22)anions (22)river corridor (19)metabolite (18)organic matter (18)mass spectrometry (18)hyporheic zone (18)metabolomics (18)fticr-ms (17)pore water (17)evapotranspiration (16)groundwater level (16)neon campaign 2018 (14)patriculate/dissolved organic carbon (13)

Format

geotiff (174)csv (9)

License

CC-BY 4.0 (466)Other / unknown (261)CC0 (232)CC-BY-SA 4.0 (13)CC-BY-NC 4.0 (2)MIT (1)

Repository

Other repositories (1094)ESS-DIVE (224)RMBL SDP (174)

RMBL SDP19-year record

Upper Gunnison Spring Snowpack Proportional Reduction in Early Season Growing Degree Days (2002 - 2021)

Published 2023Data 2002–202127 m resolutiondirect downloadGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP19-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Growing Degree Days in the 60 Days After Snowpack Dissapearance Annual Standard Deviation (2002 - 2021)

Published 2023Data 2002–202127 m resolutiondirect downloadGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP19-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Growing Degree Days in the 60 Days After Snowpack Dissapearance Annual Mean (2002 - 2021)

Published 2023Data 2002–202127 m resolutiondirect downloadGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP19-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Growing Degree Days Annual Standard Deviation (2002 - 2021)

Published 2023Data 2002–202127 m resolutiondirect downloadGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP19-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Freezing Degree Days in the 60 Days After Snowpack Dissapearance Annual Standard Deviation (2002 - 2021)

Published 2023Data 2002–202127 m resolutiondirect downloadGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP19-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Freezing Degree Days in the 60 Days After Snowpack Dissapearance Annual Mean (2002 - 2021)

Published 2023Data 2002–202127 m resolutiondirect downloadGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP19-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Freezing Degree Days Annual Mean (2002 - 2021)

Published 2023Data 2002–202127 m resolutiondirect downloadGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP20-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Growing Degree Days Late Season Annual Time-series (2002 - 2022)

Published 2023Data 2002–202227 m resolutionGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP20-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Growing Degree Days in the 60 Days After Snowpack Disappearance Annual Time-series (2002 - 2022)

Published 2023Data 2002–202227 m resolutionGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP20-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Growing Degree Days Early Season Annual Time-series (2002 - 2022)

Published 2023Data 2002–202227 m resolutionGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP20-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Growing Degree Days Annual Time-series (2002 - 2022)

Published 2023Data 2002–202227 m resolutionGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP20-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Freezing Degree Days in the 60 Days After Snowpack Disappearance Annual Time-series (2002 - 2021)

Published 2023Data 2002–202227 m resolutionGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP20-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Freezing Degree Days Early Season Time-series (2002 - 2022)

Published 2023Data 2002–202227 m resolutionGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP20-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Freezing Degree Days Late Season Time-series (2002 - 2022)

Published 2023Data 2002–202227 m resolutionGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP20-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Growing Degree Days Early Season Yearly Time-series (2002 - 2022)

Published 2023Data 2002–202281 m resolutionGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

RMBL SDP20-year record

Upper Gunnison 2m Air Temperature Snow-free Freezing Degree Days Early Season Yearly Time-series (2002 - 2022)

Published 2023Data 2002–202281 m resolutionGunnison Basin · Upper East River Beaver Pond · Upper Gunnison Valley

Other repositories17-year record

Snowmelt Timing Maps Derived from MODIS for North America, Version 2, 2001-2018

Published 2020Data 2001–2018direct downloadGunnison Basin · North America