Stream discharge data collected within the East River, Colorado for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Watershed Function Science Focus Area (water years 2019 to 2020).

paf_290Stream discharge data collected within the East River, Colorado for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Watershed Function Science Focus Area (water years 2019 to 2020). RosemaryCarrollDesert Research InstituteRosemary.Carroll@dri.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9302-8074 AlexanderNewmanalexnewman760@gmail.com CurtisBeutlerCurtis.Beutler@colorado.edu KennethWilliamsLawrence Berkeley National Laboratorykhwilliams@lbl.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3568-1155 U.S. DOE > Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) > Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006235 fundingOrganization 2021 This data package contains East River, Colorado stream discharge and temperature data for water years 2019 to 2020. This data were collected to understand hydrological processes occurring in the East River Watershed, Colorado, which is part of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area. Data includes instantenous observed discharge using salt dillution and accoustic doppler velocimeter techniques, raw pressure transducer downloaded data, sub-hourly temperature as well as corrected water level and associated stream discharge and mean daily values. Notes on water level corrections, rating curve development and metadata provided. Note that 2019 provisional discharge data finalized with added information from 2020, and a new site SR-NL1 added in 2020. Data are uploaded in Excel files labeled with location, variable, and year, and can be accessed using Microsoft Excel. Files include the location metadata, as well as notes for understanding the data. Please contact Rosemary Carroll for any support in accessing the files.streamflowacoustic Doppler velocimetersalt tracerstream temperatureCATEGORICAL:NONEEARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > DISCHARGE/FLOWEARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > WATER CHARACTERISTICS > WATER TEMPERATUREVARIABLE:GCMD This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The East River (ER) is a snow‐dominated, headwater basin of the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) located in the western United States. The ER is the designated testbed of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area (WFSFA). Through WFSFA, observational networks have been established to measure stream discharge and precipitation chemistry.The ER is considered representative of many snow‐dominated headwaters of the Rocky Mountains. The study domain encompasses nearly 85 square km, a 1.4‐km vertical drop in elevation (4,120 to 2,760 m) and pristine alpine, subalpine, montane, and riparian ecosystems. The ER contains high‐energy mountain streams to low‐energy meandering floodplains and is eroding primarily into the Cretaceous, carbon‐rich, marine shale of the Mancos Formation. Specific locations sampled are indicated in the data file name. -107.05-106.8839.03438.88 2018-10-012020-10-01 RosemaryCarrollDesert Research InstituteRosemary.Carroll@dri.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9302-8074 Watershed Function SFA Stream discharge represents derived data using a barometrically corrected pressure data using observed streamflow data. Rating curve development is difficult in headwater streams where geomorphic instabilities and lost sensors often require a new rating curve each water year. All techniques and adjustments are listed in the "notes" tab of each data file. Stream temperature is also collected and provided. Watershed Function SFA Susan Hubbard Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory sshubbard@lbl.gov principalInvestigator DOE:DEAC0205CH11231 Pumphouse_Streamflow_wy2020.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Rock_streamflow_wy2019.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet EBC_streamflow_wy2019.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet EAQ_streamflow_wy2020.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Rustlers_streamflow_wy2020.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet EBC_streamflow_wy2020.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Rustlers_streamflow_wy2019.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Copper_streamflow_wy2019_2020.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet EAQ_streamflow_wy2019.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet NL_streamflow_wy2020__1_.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Bradley_streamflow_wy2019.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Pumphouse_Streamflow_wy2019.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Pumphouse_Streamflow_Temperature_wy2019.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Bradley_streamflow_wy2020.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Rock_streamflow_wy2020.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet