Cedar Swamp

Year 2005, 15-30 minute measurements of stage, water temperature, conductivity in a small headwater stream draining draining a mainly wetland catchment (49% wetlands/swamp + 36% forest), Bear Meadow Brook, draining Cedar Swamp, Reading, MA.

Abstract: 

Year 2005,continuous measurements, every 15-30 minutes, were made of stage, water temperature, conductivity in a small headwater stream, Bear Meadow Brook , Cedar Swamp, Reading MA, draining a mainly wetland catchment (49% wetland + 36% wetland). Discharge is determined from stage using discharge vs stage regressions.

Core Areas: 

Data set ID: 

156

Keywords: 

Short name: 

WAT-YSI-Swamp-2005

Purpose: 

 

Data sources: 

WAT-YSI-Swamp-2005_csv
WAT-YSI-Swamp-2005_xls

Methods: 

This site was instrumented in October of 2005 to begin monitoring the hydrology and biogeochemistry of a wetland dominate site. A YSI data logger was used during this period.

YSI: YSI 6200 data sondes were deployed vertically in a pool deep enough to contain water during dry conditions. The sonde was deployed in a PVC tube, which was attached to ree-bar driven into the stream bed. The PVC tube had holes drilled to allow adequate water circulation.

Recalibration of conducitivty and depth was performed roughly every 4-6 weeks. Instrument drift during deployment periods was not significant.

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

Velocity measurements were made using a Marsh McBirney current meter. Discharge estimates in Cedar Swamp (Bear Br.) are based on a power rating curve that contains measurements up to a depth of 0.9 meters, as standardized to depth measured with the HOBO datalogger (Column = HOBO_Depth), which is above bankfull stage. Rating curve has been standardized to HOBO_Depth to allow application of a single rating curve across years. Rating curve has an R2 of 0.96 using 10 measurements between 2005 and 2007. All files in this series (2005-2006) are currently standardized to HOBO_depth.

The column Depth_Device is included when combining files from several years, over which several different devices were used to calculate depth. HOBO_Depth is the depth that is standardized across all measurement devices so that a single rating curve can be applied.

CALCULATIONS:
Discharge rating curve :
Discharge (l/s) = 1085.3 (depth) ^ 4.5944
where depth is HOBO_Depth

Maintenance: 

Periodic with improvement of rating curve, particularly as more high discharge events are incorporated.
This file was initially posted in September 2007.
Version 01, 30 Oct 2007 updated metadata to EML level 3+
Version 02, 21Jan2010 keyword update
Version 03: February 18, 2014, data and metadata updated to comply with importation to Drupal and LTER PASTA. Used MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007_Sep2013.xlsm 9/30/13 02:57 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0

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