In-situ stream temperature monitoring, Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2002-2017

Cook Inlet Keeper (CIK) has collected hourly stream temperature (C) data in the Cook Inlet of Alaska. Sampling for each site occurred at some point between 2002 to 2017; each sampling site has at least 1 year of data and at most 16 years. All of the stream temperature monitoring sites are ongoing; however, not all sites logged data for every year in the study period. This dataset is part of a larger project to collect a comprehensive statewide inventory of current and historic continuous monitoring locations for stream and lake temperatures. These data were provided by CIK for archival as part of an effort between the State of Alaskan Salmon and People (SASAP, https://alaskasalmonandpeople.org/) and the Alaska Center for Conservation Science's Alaska Online Aquatic Temperature Site (AKOATS, http://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/aquatic-ecology/akoats/) to make stream temperature data more readily available for researchers. This package includes 63 stream temperature data files. File names are formatted WaterbodyName_AKOATSID_StartDate_EndDate. This package also includes site level metadata (SiteLevelMetadata_Mauger.csv).