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Computed Streamflow Using Satellite Data for Selected Rivers in Alaska

This dataset provides computed remotely-sensed streamflows (RSQ) at river reaches of selected rivers in Alaska. We used the relation between water-surface elevation data derived from satellite altimetry and dynamic surface water extent data derived from LANDSAT and Sentinel imagery data with the Modified Optimized Manning Method Algorithm (MOMMA) to compute remotely sensed streamflows. Data are organized in ZIP packages named for each river reach. Reach-specific details are provided in a README file included in each river reach ZIP package. Depending on the input data available for specific reaches, we used different workflows to estimate river reach width and process the data from river reaches. Each workflow...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Altimetry measurement, Canning River, Colville River, Copper River, All tags... Elevation, Holitna River, Hydrology, InlandWaters, Innoko River, Kantishna River, Knik River, Koyukuk River, Kuskokwim River, Multispectral imaging, Nushagak River, Porcupine River, Remote Sensing, Remote sensing, Streamflow, Susitna River, Tanana River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, Yukon River, Fewer tags

Hydrochemistry and Age Date Tracers from Springs, Streams, and Rivers in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 2019-2022

These data include water chemistry from springs, streams, rivers, and shallow groundwater collected in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alaska. Chemical analyses were performed for hydrochemical parameters including field parameters, major ions, nutrients, metals, stable isotopes of water, and tritium, as well as for dissolved gases useful for determining the timescale over which the water was in the subsurface (i.e. age dating tracers), including noble gases and chlorofluorocarbons.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aichilik River, Alaska, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Canning River, Dissolved gas, All tags... Environment, Environmental tracers, Field inventory and monitoring, Frozen ground, GeoscientificInformation, Groundwater age, Hulahula River, Hydrology, Hydrology, InlandWaters, Jago River, Katakturuk River, Okerokovik River, Permafrost, Rivers/streams, Surface water chemistry, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, Water quality/water chemistry, Fewer tags

Macroinvertebrates From Streams and Springs in the 1002 Region of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2021

This dataset includes tables related to macroinvertebrate collections in streams and springs of the 1002 region of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska. Macroinvertebrates were collected using kicknets and driftnets in April and August with the goal of comparing populations to those sampled from the same water bodies by the USGS in the 1970s.

Categories: Data; Tags: 1002 Area, ANWR, Age composition, Alaska, Animals/Invertebrates, All tags... Animals/Invertebrates, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic ecosystems, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arthropods, Arthropods, Biota, Community ecology, Environment, Freshwater ecosystems, InlandWaters, Macroinvertebrates, North Slope, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags