Geospatial Information, Metadata, and Maps for Global River Corridor Science Focus Area Sites (v5)

This dataset provides geospatial information, metadata, and maps for
the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) River Corridor Science
Focus Area (RC-SFA; https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/river-corridor) sites.
The RC-SFA works to transform understanding of spatial and temporal
dynamics in river corridor hydrobiogeochemical functions from molecular
reaction to watershed and basin scales. The knowledge we gain is used to
formulate and test hypotheses and to improve mechanistic representation
of river corridor processes and their response to disturbances in
multiscale models of integrated hydrobiogeochemical function. The data
provided includes Site ID, latitude, longitude, stream name, and common
ID (COMID) for sites used across the RC-SFA. The COMID can be used to
find and download data from NHDPlus
(https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/nhdplus-national-hydrography-dataset-plus)
and other platforms. The sites included are non-exhaustive. Sites
(including past sites) will be added to this data package in the future.
Data generated from the RC SFA can be accessed at
https://data.ess-dive.lbl.gov/portals/PNNLRiverCorridorSFA. <br>This data package was originally published in April 2023. It was
updated in June 2023 (v2; modified files), December 2023 (v3; modified
files), January 2025 (v4; modified files), and December 2025 (v5;
modified files). See the change history section in the readme for more
details. <br>This dataset is comprised of one main data folder. The data folder
consists of (1) file-level metadata; (2) data dictionary; (3) readme;
(4) methods codes; (5) geospatial information for all RC SFA sites
including International Generic Sample Number (IGSN); (6) maps of all
sites and sites in Washington State, USA; and (7) a subfolder with the
shapefile of all sites. All files are .csv, .pdf, .shp, .cpg, .dbf,
.prj, .qmd, or .shx. <br>We thank the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation for
access to field locations where some data were collected in Washington
state. We also thank the Yakama Nation Tribal Council and Yakama Nation
Fisheries for working with us to facilitate sample collection and
optimization of data usage according to their values and worldview.
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