USGS stream gauging

Knowledge graph centered on USGS stream gauging with 67 nodes and 131 connections. Top connected: The East River, Colorado, Watershed: A mountainous, phenological mismatch, climate change, snowpack persistence, snow cover duration.

Method synopsis

Comprehensive network of 17 stream-gauging stations with continuous discharge measurements, water quality sampling, and rating curve development across major tributaries of a mountainous watershed.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 1 paper using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — The East River, Colorado, Watershed: A mountainous community testbed for improving predictive understanding of multiscale hydrological-biogeochemical dynamics (2018), Vadose Zone Journal. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Establish stream gauging network
   Developed a network of 17 stream-gauging stations encompassing all major tributaries within the study area, with rating curves established for each to quantify stream discharge. Each station constitutes a stream-water analyte concentration analysis and includes daily to weekly or biweekly samples.
   Quantities: 17 stream-gauging stations across the watershedDuration: Continuous measurements since May 2014Conditions: Year-round operation in mountainous conditions
   Equipment: USGS gauging stations, automated sampling equipment, rating curves

Typical Equipment

• USGS gauging stations
• automated sampling equipment
• rating curves

Output Measurements

• stream discharge
• water temperature
• dissolved organic carbon
• dissolved inorganic carbon
• major ion concentrations

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

Species Studied With This Protocol

Places Where Used