Electrical resistance data from the Willow-Whitehorse watersheds of southeast Oregon, USA, 2014-2016
Dates
Publication Date
2017
Start Date
2014-09-24
End Date
2016-09-22
Citation
Hockman-Wert, D., Heck, M.P., Schultz, L.D., and Dunham, J.B., 2017, Electrical resistance data from the Willow-Whitehorse watersheds of southeast Oregon, USA, 2014-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7JQ0ZW2.
Summary
This dataset includes electrical resistance data from a network of 50 data loggers that was installed throughout the Willow-Whitehorse watershed of SE Oregon in September 2014. Data loggers were downloaded in August 2015 and September 2016. These data loggers were used as “electrical resistance” (ER) sensors, following Chapin et al. 2014. The sensors were Onset HOBO Pendant temperature data loggers that were modified to monitor streamflow intermittency and determine the timing of stream drying.
Summary
This dataset includes electrical resistance data from a network of 50 data loggers that was installed throughout the Willow-Whitehorse watershed of SE Oregon in September 2014. Data loggers were downloaded in August 2015 and September 2016. These data loggers were used as “electrical resistance” (ER) sensors, following Chapin et al. 2014. The sensors were Onset HOBO Pendant temperature data loggers that were modified to monitor streamflow intermittency and determine the timing of stream drying.
Data were collected to help us study how drought and an associated stressor, wildfire, influenced stream flow permanence and thermal regimes in a Great Basin stream network of western North America. Meteorological drought can influence stream hydrology and have important ecological consequences. The combination of drought and post-fire conditions in the watershed appeared to restrict thermally-suitable habitat for Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) across this watershed.
