Groundwater stage height measurements of ten minute intervals from 9 sites located in Macon County, North Carolina, within the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin

The hillslope study was established to directly link land use impacts to streamwater quality in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Nine sites were selected in the Little Tennessee River watershed in Macon County, NC, representing four land use types: forest, mountain development, traditional valley, and large river valley. At each of these sites, three subsurface flowpaths were identified, and four plots were established along the flowpath following the elevation gradient. At seven of the nine sites, the three lower elevation plots at one of the subsurface flowpaths had ground water wells installed in order to measure groundwater stage along an elevational gradient. Measurements were taken every 60 seconds and output as ten minute averages. Data were used as part of the Regional HydroEcological Simulation System (RHESSys) ecohydrologic model. Please see the accompanying well construction data for additional groundwater well information.本山坡研究旨在直接厘清土地利用活动对阿巴拉契亚山脉南部溪流水质的影响。研究团队在北卡罗来纳州梅肯县的小田纳西河流域选取了9个样点，涵盖四类土地利用类型：森林用地、山地开发用地、传统河谷用地与大型河谷用地。在每个样点中，共识别出三条地下径流路径，并沿该路径按照海拔梯度布设了4个样地。在9个样点中的7个里，研究者于其中一条地下径流路径的三个低海拔样地处安装了地下水井，用以监测沿海拔梯度变化的地下水位。监测数据以60秒为采集间隔，并输出为10分钟平均值。该数据集被用作区域水文生态模拟系统（Regional HydroEcological Simulation System, RHESSys）生态水文模型的研究数据组成部分。如需获取更多地下水井的相关信息，请参阅随附的井体建设数据资料。