Modeled temperature data developed for study of shallow mountain bedrock limits seepage-based headwater climate refugia, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey data release
Dates
Release Date
2017-01-01
Start Date
2014-01-01
End Date
2099-12-31
Publication Date
2023-09-15
Citation
Briggs, M., Jr., J.Lane,, Snyder, C., White, E., Johnson, Z., Nelms, D., and Hitt, N., 2017, Modeled temperature data developed for study of shallow mountain bedrock limits seepage-based headwater climate refugia, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey data release, U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7F47M8Q.
Summary
1D transient numerical simulations with a modified version of the SUTRA model (preliminary code) that accounts for variably-saturated freeze-thaw dynamics (e.g. McKenzie and Voss, 2013) to predict annual alluvial aquifer temperature dynamics using coupled fluid and heat transport physics. The model simulations were run with a modified version of SUTRA_ICE (unreleased) that accomadates a time-variable sinusiodal upper temperature boundary. This data release also includes the source code and Argus One GUI files used to build the models, though this proprietary software is not needed to run the models as described in the upper-level "readme" file.
Summary
1D transient numerical simulations with a modified version of the SUTRA model (preliminary code) that accounts for variably-saturated freeze-thaw dynamics (e.g. McKenzie and Voss, 2013) to predict annual alluvial aquifer temperature dynamics using coupled fluid and heat transport physics. The model simulations were run with a modified version of SUTRA_ICE (unreleased) that accomadates a time-variable sinusiodal upper temperature boundary. This data release also includes the source code and Argus One GUI files used to build the models, though this proprietary software is not needed to run the models as described in the upper-level "readme" file.
The models are used to assess and predict shallow aquifer vertical heat transport in Shenandoah National Park, VA, USA. The development of the model input and output included in this data release are documented in the report: Briggs, M.A., Lane, J.W., Snyder, C.D., White, E.A., Johnson, Z.C., Nelms, D.L., and Hitt, N.P., 2017, Shallow mountain bedrock limits seepage-based headwater climate refugia, Limnologica, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.02.005. Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.