Chamberlin Creek discharge and suspended sediment concentration

• Main Authors: Erik Schiefer, Lorna Thurston
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2018
• Subjects: River discharge; River turbidity; River conductivity; Suspended sediment concentration; River temperature; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Chamberlin Creek; Arctic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:ad50e20d-4461-4d68-beb6-82dcb7bd1779

A gauging station was installed in Chamberlin Creek during the following months/years during three field seasons: May-August 2015, May-August 2016, and May-August 2017. During each field season, water pressure, turbidity, temperature and conductivity measurements were acquired every 30-60 minutes using a Troll9500 (raw data). Water pressure was corrected for atmospheric pressure and converted to water level, and a discharge (Q) rating curve was built for each field season by acquiring periodic discharge measurements using an hand held Hach FH950 flow meter. Water samples were collected during the discharge measurements using a DH-48 and suspended sediment concentration (SSC) was obtained from filtration of the water samples. Gaps in the 2016 dataset were filled by analyzing daily photographs of the river gaging station.