Coweeta Synoptic Data from 49 sampling sites in the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin from 2009 to 2010 (active channel width, bankfull width, and channel depth data)

This data was generated as part of synoptic sampling conducted at the Coweeta LTER between June 2009 and May 2010. 49 wadeable streams with low levels of development were sampled throughout the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin in the Southern Appalachians. Active channel width, bankfull width, and channel depth were measured every 5 meters for 150 meters at synoptic stream sites. Effects of riparian vegetative conditions on a suite of channel morphological variables were investigated: active channel width, variability of width within a reach, large wood frequency, mesoscale habitat distributions, median particle size, and percent fines. At each site, a uniform 150 meter section of stream was surveyed. Within each reach active channel width, bankfull channel width, and channel depth were measured every 5 meters. Active channel width was defined as the vegetationless channel bed from left vegetation break to right vegetation break. A whitepaper on the Synoptic field sampling activites can be found at: http://coweeta.uga.edu/publications/white%20paper%20summary%20of%20synoptic%20sampling.pdf