Panama Canal Authority Canal Watershed monthly monitoring data

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) opperates forty (40) sampling sites or stations, distributed as follows: fourteen (14) in the Gatún Reservoir; five (5) in the Alhajuela Reservoir; and five (5) in the Miraores Reservoir; seven (7) in main rivers (Chagres, Gatún, Boquerón, Trinidad, Cirí Grande, Indio, and Pequení); four (4) in the middle stretch of the Chagres River; and five (5) in the so-called priority sub-basins (Tinajones, Los Hules, Caño Quebrado, and Chilibre Rivers). Visits to the 40 sites were scheduled each month; however. In rivers, samples are collected at a single depth, generally in the center of the channel, where there is flow but without turbulence, while in reservoirs, they are collected at two depths: surface and bottom; the bottom sample is omitted when the total depth is less than three meters. Data have been freely provided by the Panama Canal Authority and are in the public domain. STRI provides these data as a service to its research community and are available only on request. Any use of these data must acknowledge the ACP. Any publication resulting from these data should be submitted to the ACP.

巴拿马运河管理局（Panama Canal Authority, ACP）运营40个采样点位，分布情况如下：加通水库（Gatún Reservoir）14个；阿哈韦拉水库（Alhajuela Reservoir）5个；米拉奥雷斯水库（Miraores Reservoir）5个；7个位于主要河道，涵盖查格雷斯河（Chagres River）、加通河（Gatún River）、博克龙河（Boquerón River）、特立尼达河（Trinidad River）、西里格兰德河（Cirí Grande River）、印第奥河（Indio River）与佩克尼河（Pequení River）；4个位于查格雷斯河中游河段；另有5个位于所谓的优先子流域，包括蒂纳霍内斯河（Tinajones River）、洛斯乌莱斯河（Los Hules River）、卡尼奥布拉多河（Caño Quebrado River）与奇利布雷河（Chilibre River）。原计划每月对全部40个采样点位开展巡测；然而，河道采样仅设置单一层级，通常选取河道中央存在水流但无湍流的位置；水库采样则分表层与底层两个层级，若水库总水深不足3米，则省略底层采样环节。该数据集由巴拿马运河管理局无偿提供，属于公共领域范畴。史密森尼热带研究所（Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, STRI）将此类数据作为服务提供给其研究共同体，仅可通过申请获取。使用该数据集必须注明巴拿马运河管理局为数据来源；基于该数据集产生的任何出版物均需提交至巴拿马运河管理局。