Kings River Experimental Watersheds meteorology data

The Kings River Experimental Watersheds (KREW) project is a long-term forest management study that began in the early 2000's. KREW is comprised of 10 headwater catchments of the Kings River Basin within the Sierra National Forest, California. Four meteorological stations are located within KREW at elevations of 1730 meters (lower Providence), 1950 meters (upper Providence), 2160 meters (lower Bull) and 2400 meters (upper Bull). This data publication contains level 1a (i.e. quality controlled but no gap filling) snow depth, snow water equivalent, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed, and wind direction measurements taken every fifteen minutes at all four sites from 2002 to 2017. Also included are level 2 (i.e. quality controlled and gap filled) daily precipitation, snow depth, snow water equivalent, and minimum/maximum air temperatures. Shapefiles containing watershed boundaries and locations of the meteorological stations are also provided.Continuous meteorological measurements were collected to characterize the hydrologic functions of the southern Sierra headwater basins and to evaluate the impact of mechanical thinning and prescribed burns on water quantity and quality.Data were published on 06/21/2018. Minor metadata updates were made on 05/18/2021.