Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP97) Hydrology: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Daily Reservoir Data

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Reservoir dataset is one of various hydrological datasets provided for the Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP97) project. This dataset contains reservoir data from stations in SGP97 domain. The data collected at USGS gaging stations consist of records of stage and measurements of discharge of streams or canals, and stage, surface area, and contents of lakes or reservoirs. This dataset contains only the USGS reservoir data. For a lake or reservoir, capacity tables giving the contents for any stage are prepared from stage-area relation curves defined by surveys. The application of the stage to the capacity table gives the contents, from which the daily, monthly, or yearly change in contents is computed. If the stage-capacity curve is subject to changes because of deposition of sediment in the reservoir, periodic resurveys of the reservoir are necessary to define new stage-capacity curves. During the period between reservoir surveys, the computed contents may be increasingly in error due to the gradual accumulation of sediments. For some gaging stations there are periods when no gage-height record is obtained or the recorded gage height is so faulty that it cannot be used to compute daily discharge or contents. This happens when the recorder stops or otherwise fails to operate properly, intakes are plugged, the float is frozen in the well, or for various other reasons. For such periods, the daily contents may be estimated on the basis of operator's log, prior and subsequent records, inflow-outflow studies, and other information. The USGS reservoir data are provided in a single file and are provided "as is" in their original card image format. There are six different types of "cards images" which appear in the USGS reservoir dataset. Each card has a unique format, but the first character of a card image always indicates the card type. Depending upon the card type, the card image may contain metadata and/or data. No additional quality control was performed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science Support (UCAR/JOSS).

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Date (Creation)
1997-07-14T23:59:00
Purpose

SGP97 is set in a subhumid environment during early summer. Within this setting, the objectives of SGP97 are (1) to establish that the retrieval algorithms for surface soil moisture developed at higher spatial resolution using truck- and aircraft-based sensors can be extended to the coarser resolutions expected from satellite platforms; (2) to verify spatial-temporal estimators of soil moisture and to examine the utility of pedotransfer function in hydrologic modeling; (3) to examine the feasibility of inferring soil moisture and temperature profiles using surface observations in conjunction with in situ measurements, and (4) to examine the effect of soil moisture on the evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer and clouds over the Southern Great Plains during the warm season.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

USDA/ARS > Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture

Thomas Jackson

Tom.Jackson@ars.usda.gov

Point of contact

National Center for Atmospheric Research / Earth Observing Laboratory

 		Publisher

UCAR/NCAR/EOL > Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

Custodian
Maintenance and update frequency
Unknown

GCMD Earth Science and Earth Science Services

  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT

  • EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE

  • EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE INDICATORS

  • EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN

  • EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

  • EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY

  • EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS

  • EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > DISCHARGE/FLOW

  • EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > STAGE HEIGHT

  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > LAKES

GCMD Locations

  • CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Data Source Affiliation

  • United States Department of Agriculture > Agricultural Research Service > Long-Term Agroecosystem Research

  • United States Department of Agriculture > Agricultural Research Service > Long-Term Agroecosystem Research > Southern Plains

Ag Data Commons Keywords

  • Agroecosystems & Environment

  • Agroecosystems & Environment > Water

  • Agroecosystems & Environment > Water > Hydrology

Ag Data Commons Project Name

  • Long-Term Agroecosystem Research - LTAR

  • Long-Term Agroecosystem Research - LTAR > Southern Plains

Crossref Funding

  • National Science Foundation

  • Agricultural Research Service

OMB Bureau Codes

  • Department of Agriculture=5 > Agricultural Research Service=005:018

Federal Program Inventory

  • Department of Agriculture=5 > National Research=005:040

Ag Data Common DOI Product Type

  • Dataset

Ag Data Commons Data License Type

  • U.S. Public Domain

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus (NALT)

  • United States Geological Survey

  • data collection

  • streams

  • surface area

  • lakes

  • surveys

  • sediments

  • quality control

  • summer

  • algorithms

  • soil water

  • satellites

  • hydrologic models

  • temperature profiles

  • evolution

  • troposphere

  • Great Plains region

  • warm season
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Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Inland waters
Begin date
1997-06-18T00:00:00
End date
1997-07-18T23:59:00
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Reference system identifier
WGS 1984
Distribution format
Name Version

Text
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

HTTP

 		http://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=25.013

Order data for delivery by FTP
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

HTTP

 		http://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/25.013/SGP97_usgsresc.txt

SGP97 USGS Reservoir Dataset
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

HTTP

 		https://hrsl.ba.ars.usda.gov/sgp97/

SGP97 Home Page
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

HTTP

 		https://hrsl.ba.ars.usda.gov/sgp97/documents.html

SGP97 Documentation

Metadata

File identifier
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Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2019-08-27T17:17:06
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

USDA National Agricultural Library

* Jocelyn McNamara

NAL-Geodata@ARS.USDA.GOV

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Keywords

Ag Data Common DOI Product Type

Dataset
Ag Data Commons Data License Type

U.S. Public Domain
Ag Data Commons Keywords

Agroecosystems & Environment Agroecosystems & Environment > Water Agroecosystems & Environment > Water > Hydrology
Ag Data Commons Project Name

Long-Term Agroecosystem Research - LTAR Long-Term Agroecosystem Research - LTAR > Southern Plains
Crossref Funding

Agricultural Research Service National Science Foundation
Data Source Affiliation

United States Department of Agriculture > Agricultural Research Service > Long-Term Agroecosystem Research United States Department of Agriculture > Agricultural Research Service > Long-Term Agroecosystem Research > Southern Plains
Federal Program Inventory

Department of Agriculture=5 > National Research=005:040
GCMD Earth Science and Earth Science Services

EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > LAKES EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE INDICATORS EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > DISCHARGE/FLOW EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > STAGE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus (NALT)

Great Plains region United States Geological Survey algorithms data collection evolution hydrologic models lakes quality control satellites sediments soil water streams summer surface area surveys temperature profiles troposphere warm season
OMB Bureau Codes

Department of Agriculture=5 > Agricultural Research Service=005:018


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