LUQ DATA SET METADATA

Long-Term
Ongoing

Data Files and Variables

Data File Identifier Data File Collected
Streamflow data from Bisley Quebrada 1, 2, 3, Sabana, and Puente Roto
text/plain iconBis_Q-87to2010.txt
 01/03/1987 - 05/09/2010
Daily Temperature data from Bisley Quebrada 1, 2, 3
text/plain iconq123temp07-08.txt
 01/01/2007 - 11/17/2008
Daily Mean Temperature and Streamflow data from Bisley Quebrada 1, 2, 3
text/plain iconq123day07-08.txt
 01/01/2007 - 11/17/2008
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Daily streamflow (Bisley area, 5 stations: Q1, Q2, Q3, Sabana, Puente Roto)

Research Sites:

Bisley Study Area Lower Tower transects: Lower Cut Plot at Bisley (Whendee Silver's plot)
Bisley Study Area Lower Tower transects: Upper Cut Plot at Bisley (Whendee Silver's plot)

Abstract

The daily data are summarized to monthly as follows:
Daily average CFS are summed for each month and multiplied by 86400 (seconds per day) to yield cubic feet per month. This value is divided by the particular watershed area and multiplied by another conversion factor to yield cm water equivalent depth discharged by each watershed per month. This allows direct hydrologic comparison of watersheds of different sizes. Time series plots illustrate the biennial periodicity of high and low discharges, and particular floods and droughts. October 1970 was the historic flood for PR, recently exceeded during the passage of Hurricane Hortense in September 1996. The historic drought occurred during 1993-1994 and is clearly visible in these records.

Additional Information:

Data  publication:

US Geological Survey, Commonwealth of PR, et. al. several years. Water resources  data Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Owner:

Grizelle Gonzalez

Contact(s):

Grizelle Gonzalez

Researcher's Keywords:

modeling
Methods
Methods Products
streamflow
weather
meteorology
meteorological monitoring
discharge
climate
Fields of ecology
Ecological phenomena processes

LTER Core Area(s):

inorganic nutrients
primary production

Complete Metadata:

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