AIMS Shambley Creek Continuous Water Quality at Watershed Outlet Data (AIMS_SE_WHR_EXOS)

This resource contains high-frequency EXOS water quality sensor data collected at the outlet of the Talladega study watershed, including conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, fluorescent dissolved organic matter concentrations, and temperature. 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 1 August 2021 and 1 August 2024, we monitored surface water quality and physicochemistry at the outlet (WHM01) of the AIMS Shambley Creek watershed at 15 minute intervals using a multi-parameter sonde (YSI EXO2).

Included in this excel file are four tabs: 1. Metadata: methods, authorship and site information; 2. Data Types: column descriptions for each data file in this resource; 3. Site_info; site name, latitude and longitude for the site at which the sensor was deployed; 4. QAQC'ed EXO data

Sensors were maintained every three weeks according to this SOP: Flynn, S., S. Godsey, R. Hale, R. Lanfear, E. Seybold, S. Speir, M. Wolford (2025). Sensor Maintenance SOP, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/f056a431a6794d2dbf9f6206c00ac560

Sensors were calibrated quarterly according to this SOP: Flynn, S., R. Lanfear, E. Seybold (2025). Sensor Calibration SOP, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/85fa713daf0142a4b45e3bc8ff1d1e30

FDOM was corrected for Turbidity and Temperature according to the methods from Downing et al 2012.

For information about installing sensors, please see https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/703cf05242f7455c8dfb072dd072c962/

For further information on pressure transducer data related to this resource, please see: Peterson, D., N. Jones (2025). Shambley Creek Pressure Transducer Data (AIMS_SE_WHR_approach1_PRES), HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/bc34c8b51c514bf4a6e0a44493bf8ca3

For further information on continuous discharge measurements at the watershed outlet/related to this resource, please see: Plont, S., S. Speir, D. Peterson, N. Jones (2025). AIMS Shambley Creek Continuous Discharge at Watershed Outlet Data (AIMS_SE_WHR_DISC), HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/535797126b134ceaab9838df0ca00885

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