Kings River Experimental Watersheds stream discharge

The Kings River Experimental Watersheds (KREW) project is a long term forest management study that began in the early 2000's. The KREW project is comprised of eight primary headwater catchments of the Kings River Basin within the Sierra National Forest, California. Two additional catchments (P300 and B200) were added in 2005 and 2006. The ten catchments are clustered into two groups, Providence and Bull. Providence catchments (P300, P301, P303, P304, and D102) ranged in size from 49 to 461 hectares, and had mean elevations ranging from 1,782 to 1,979 meters. Bull catchments (B200, B201, B203, B204, and T003) ranged in size from 53 to 474 hectares, and had mean elevations ranging from 2,122 to 2,373 meters. All catchments, except T003, had a dominant southwest aspect, whereas T003 faced primarily southeast. This data publication contains both the daily and 15 minute stream discharge data collected at these catchments from 2002 to 2015.Continuous stream discharge measurements were collected to characterize the hydrologic functioning of the southern Sierra headwater basins, especially to infer how different watersheds with varying climate and vegetation behave in terms of water yield. The study also seeks to evaluate the impact of prescribed burning and mechanical tree thinning on water quantity and quality.Original metadata were published on 07/17/2017. Minor metadata updates were made on 03/15/2021.

金王河实验流域（KREW）项目是一项始于21世纪初期的长期森林管理研究。KREW项目由位于加利福尼亚州塞拉国家森林的金王河流域内的八个主要源头流域组成。2005年和2006年，又增加了两个流域（P300和B200）。这十个流域被划分为两个组别，普罗维登斯和布尔。普罗维登斯流域（P300、P301、P303、P304和D102）的面积在49至461公顷之间，平均海拔高度在1,782至1,979米之间。布尔流域（B200、B201、B203、B204和T003）的面积在53至474公顷之间，平均海拔高度在2,122至2,373米之间。所有流域，除T003外，均以西南向为主要坡向，而T003则主要朝向东南。本数据出版物包含自2002年至2015年在这些流域收集的每日和15分钟河流流量数据。连续的河流流量测量旨在表征南部塞拉源头流域的水文功能，尤其是为了推断具有不同气候和植被的不同流域在水源产出方面的行为。研究还旨在评估预定燃烧和机械树木修剪对水量和水质的影响。原始元数据于2017年7月17日发布，于2021年3月15日进行了少量元数据更新。