AIMS Shambley Creek Continuous Discharge at Watershed Outlet Data (AIMS_SE_WHR_DISC)

This study was conducted in the Shambley Creek research watershed (outlet location: 32.98410915, -88.01334337) on privately owned property in Greene County (AL, USA). The watershed drains a non-perennial unnamed tributary to Shambley Creek, and contains 0.70 km^2 of coniferous forest managed for silviculture in the East Gulf Coastal Plain physiographic section. Located near Eutaw, AL, the watershed spans an elevation range from 63 to 94 m above sea level, and is a tributary to the Sipsey River (within the larger Mobile-Tombigbee basin). The region has a humid subtropical climate, with mean daily January and July air temperatures of 7.3°C and 27.4°C respectively, and mean annual precipitation of 1,350 mm/yr.

These data were collected in support of the core sampling goals of the Aquatic Intermittency effects on Microbiomes in Streams (AIMS) Project. Between 9 August 2021 and 28 September 2024, we monitored surface water level at the outlet (WHM01) of the AIMS Talladega watershed at 15 minute intervals using a vented pressure transducer (Seametrics PT12 vented pressure/temperature sensor). Over the study period, we collected field measurements of discharge (in liters per second) during maintenance visits every three weeks at the watershed outlet. We then used these field discharge estimates with corresponding water level measurements from the continuous record to generate a discharge-stage rating curve and estimate continuous discharge.

For further information on pressure transducer data related to this resource, please see: Peterson, D., N. Jones (2026). Shambley Creek Pressure Transducer Data (AIMS_SE_WHR_PRES), HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/bc34c8b51c514bf4a6e0a44493bf8ca3

For further information on field discharge measurements related to this resource, please see: Plont, S., D. Peterson, N. Jones, S. Speir (2025). AIMS Shambley Creek Field Discharge Data (AIMS_SE_WHR_DISL), HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/eedcfcb232ee45a6915bd26c68e301e8

This resource contains two files:

1) \"DISC_SE_WHR_WHM01_ReadME.xlsx\": This metadata file contains the relevant site information, the discharge-stage rating curve along with the measurements used to derive it, and information on the various quality assurance-quality check (QAQC) flags used in the continuous discharge time series file.

2)\"DISC_SE_WHR_WHM01_20210809_20240928.csv\": This data file contains the continuous discharge time series estimated using the discharge-stage rating curve.