Visualizing temperature variations in the Logan River, UT

Water temperature in the river and streams are important for water quality aspects altering the ecology and affecting the survival and habitat of different freshwater flora and fauna. Higher temperatures are hence undesirable in such an environment. This data provides documentation of temperature data of the Logan River, UT using a database structure and a jupyter notebook for extracting and visualizing those data. The visualization of maximum temperature variation for each site for the data period and the month of July shows higher temperatures in Sites 2 (near Mendon Road), 13 (near Blacksmiths fork), and 3 (near Main street) which is not suitable for coldwater fish. The distribution of average temperature variations however shows the temperature within the range of requirement ( less than 20oC).

河流与溪流的水温对水质具有关键影响，其会改变水生生态系统，并影响各类淡水动植物的生存与栖息环境。因此，此类水环境中水温偏高是不利的。本数据集采用数据库架构进行搭建，收录了美国犹他州（UT）洛根河（Logan River）的水温监测数据，并配套了用于提取与可视化此类数据的Jupyter Notebook (Jupyter Notebook) 工具。对数据周期内各监测点位的最大水温变化，以及7月份的水温变化进行可视化分析后可见，2号监测点（毗邻Mendon Road）、13号监测点（毗邻Blacksmiths Fork）与3号监测点（毗邻Main Street）的水温偏高，这对冷水鱼类的生存并不适宜。不过平均水温变化的分布情况显示，整体水温处于符合要求的区间内（低于20℃）。