Alternate title

GCEW Flow Data

Date ( Publication )

2015-01-04

Purpose

Stream flow data collections in the Central Mississippi River Basin (CMRB) site of the Long-Term Agricultural Research (LTAR) network started in 1971 in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed (GCEW) with the purpose of documenting and understanding hydrology in runoff-prone claypan soils and collecting data to be used for the development and verification of hydrologic models. The data sets collected from the large plots and the fields were used to demonstrate that tillage and the type of grain cropping system did not affect flow during the growing season (May-October), while some differences were detected during the non-growing season. The data provided the flow information needed to calculate and explain the transport of agricultural inputs off the landscape. In addition, they are useful for the development, parameterization, and testing of plot-, field-, and watershed-scale hydrologic and water quality models, which can then be used to study the long-term effects of management, land use, or climate.

Status

On going

Maintenance and update frequency

Not planned

GCMD Earth Science and Earth Science Services ( Theme )

• EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE
• EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES

GCMD Locations ( Place )

• CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MISSOURI

NASA Global Change Master Directory Instruments ( instrument )

• STREAM GAUGES

Data Source Affiliation ( Theme )

• United States Department of Agriculture > Agricultural Research Service > Long-Term Agroecosystem Research
• United States Department of Agriculture > Agricultural Research Service > Long-Term Agroecosystem Research > Central Mississippi River Basin

Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUC) ( Place )

• 071100060102

NRCS Major Land Resource Areas ( Theme )

• Central Feed Grains and Livestock Region=M > Central Claypan Areas=113

Ag Data Commons Keywords ( Theme )

• Agroecosystems & Environment
• Agroecosystems & Environment > Water
• Agroecosystems & Environment > Water > Hydrology

Ag Data Commons Project Name ( project )

• Long-Term Agroecosystem Research - LTAR
• Long-Term Agroecosystem Research - LTAR > Central Mississippi River Basin

Crossref Funding ( Theme )

• Agricultural Research Service

OMB Bureau Codes ( Theme )

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

Ag Data Common DOI Product Type ( Theme )

• Dataset

Primary Article Digital Object Identifier ( Theme )

• 10.2134/jeq2014.01.0008

Federal Program Inventory ( Theme )

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

GCMD Instruments ( Theme )

• In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Pressure/Height Meters > PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS

Ag Data Commons Data License Type ( Theme )

• Creative Commons CCZero

Keywords ( Theme )

• NP211
• Surface water runoff
• stream flow
• hydrology
• watershed
• agriculture

FIPS State/County Codes ( Theme )

• Missouri=29 > Boone County=29019
• Missouri=29 > Audrain County=29007

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus (NALT) ( Theme )

• monitoring
• streams
• watersheds
• runoff
• stream flow
• Mississippi River
• data collection
• databases
• agricultural research
• storms
• hydrograph
• land use
• claypan soils
• hydrologic models
• tillage
• cropping systems
• growing season
• landscapes
• long term effects
• climate

Use limitation

The equipment and data acquisition protocols used at each GCEW site varied according to the characteristics of these sites. A thorough description of the data acquisition systems and protocols is necessary for correct interpretation of the data, adequate use of the data, and estimates of the uncertainty associated with these data. Some of these data and data acquisition systems have been described in the literature, albeit in a scattered and incomplete manner. To facilitate future collaborative modeling in the GCEW and Mark Twain Lake (MTL) watershed and comparative studies of pollutant transport across agricultural watersheds, there is a need for a concentrated, complete description of all the discharge data collected in this watershed, along with the methods and equipment used to collect the data.

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Cite this dataset when used as a source.

Date ( Publication )

2015-01-04

Edition

Special Section of the Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 44:18-27 (2015)

Identifier

doi:10.2134/jeq2014.01.0008

Initiative Type

sciencePaper

Date ( Publication )

2015-01-04

Edition

Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed Flow Data Supplement

Initiative Type

sciencePaper

Metadata language

eng

Topic category

• Environment
• Farming

Begin date

1971

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Stream flow data collections in the Central Mississippi River Basin (CMRB) site of the Long-Term Agricultural Research (LTAR) network started in 1971 in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed (GCEW) with the purpose of documenting and understanding hydrology in runoff-prone claypan soils and collecting data to be used for the development and verification of hydrologic models.

File identifier

2d813b16-a16b-4ad8-a170-93c880b6ea14 XML

Metadata language

eng

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2019-08-27T16:55:31

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version

1.0