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MacroSheds: A synthesis of long-term biogeochemical, hydroclimatic, and geospatial data from small watershed ecosystem studies

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Vlah, MJ; Rhea, S; Bernhardt, ES; Slaughter, W; Gubbins, N; DelVecchia, AG; Thellman, A; Ross, MRV
Published in: Limnology And Oceanography Letters
June 1, 2023

The US Federal Government supports hundreds of watershed monitoring efforts from which solute fluxes can be calculated. Although instrumentation and methods vary between studies, the data collected and their motivating questions are remarkably similar. Nevertheless, little effort toward their compilation has previously been made. The MacroSheds project has developed a future-friendly system for harmonizing daily time series of streamflow, precipitation, and solute chemistry from 169+ watersheds, and supplementing each with watershed attributes. Here, we describe the breadth of MacroSheds data, and detail the steps involved in rendering each data product. We provide recommendations for usage and discuss when other datasets might be more suitable. The MacroSheds dataset is an unprecedented resource for watershed science, and for hydrology, as a small-watershed supplement to existing collections of streamflow predictors, like CAMELS and GAGES-II. The MacroSheds platform includes a web dashboard for visualization and an R package for data access and analysis.

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Limnology And Oceanography Letters

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2378-2242

Publication Date

June 1, 2023

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8

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3

Start / End Page

419 / 452

Related Subject Headings

  • 3708 Oceanography
 

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Vlah, M. J., Rhea, S., Bernhardt, E. S., Slaughter, W., Gubbins, N., DelVecchia, A. G., … Ross, M. R. V. (2023). MacroSheds: A synthesis of long-term biogeochemical, hydroclimatic, and geospatial data from small watershed ecosystem studies. Limnology And Oceanography Letters, 8(3), 419–452. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10325
Vlah, M. J., S. Rhea, E. S. Bernhardt, W. Slaughter, N. Gubbins, A. G. DelVecchia, A. Thellman, and M. R. V. Ross. “MacroSheds: A synthesis of long-term biogeochemical, hydroclimatic, and geospatial data from small watershed ecosystem studies.” Limnology And Oceanography Letters 8, no. 3 (June 1, 2023): 419–52. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10325.
Vlah MJ, Rhea S, Bernhardt ES, Slaughter W, Gubbins N, DelVecchia AG, et al. MacroSheds: A synthesis of long-term biogeochemical, hydroclimatic, and geospatial data from small watershed ecosystem studies. Limnology And Oceanography Letters. 2023 Jun 1;8(3):419–52.
Vlah, M. J., et al. “MacroSheds: A synthesis of long-term biogeochemical, hydroclimatic, and geospatial data from small watershed ecosystem studies.” Limnology And Oceanography Letters, vol. 8, no. 3, June 2023, pp. 419–52. Scopus, doi:10.1002/lol2.10325.
Vlah MJ, Rhea S, Bernhardt ES, Slaughter W, Gubbins N, DelVecchia AG, Thellman A, Ross MRV. MacroSheds: A synthesis of long-term biogeochemical, hydroclimatic, and geospatial data from small watershed ecosystem studies. Limnology And Oceanography Letters. 2023 Jun 1;8(3):419–452.

Published In

Limnology And Oceanography Letters

DOI

EISSN

2378-2242

Publication Date

June 1, 2023

Volume

8

Issue

3

Start / End Page

419 / 452

Related Subject Headings

  • 3708 Oceanography