Shane Creek, KS Environmental Data (AIMS_GP_SHN_ENVI)

Environmental data from AIMS research locations at Shane Creek, Kansas. Full description in 'Metadata' tab of excel data file.

Shane Creek, located north of Kings Creek in the Konza Prairie Biological Station (outlet location: 39.11522, -96.55838; 434 ha), is a native tallgrass prairie located in the Konza Prairie Biological Station, a long term ecological research station that has been in operation since 1980. Shane’s Creek is annually cattle-grazed and burned every three years. Konza is located in the Flint Hills of northern Kansas. In 2023, the outlet of the stream wet up in March and dried down in July; in 2024, the outlet of the stream wet up in March and dried down in September. Average annual precipitation for this site is 35.62 inches.

Further information for all data fields can be found in the "Data Types" tab of this file. In short, this resource contains data for sites across a suite of sensor types, denoted by the sublocation field. These sublocations include:
- "SW" -- a site where regular surface water sampling occurred, and contained a stilling well to record stream water level

This resource was created using geospatial analyses using publicly available topographic data (Digital Elevation Models, DEMs from the USGS National Map Downloader v2.0; https://apps.nationalmap.gov/downloader/).
Site locations GPS coordinates were collected using a eMLID Reach RX multi-band RTK rover.
Elevation was extracted from a DEM. All additional environmental data were derived from this DEM using whitebox functions for topographic and stream network analysis (Wu & Brown, 2022) in R version 4.4.0 (R Core Team, 2024).

Approach 1 site is outlet site, with a STIC, pressure transducer loggers, and YSI EXO and S::CAN
Approach 2 sites long term monitoring, equipped with pressure transducers and STICs
Additional sites with STICs

本数据集为堪萨斯州谢恩溪（Shane Creek）AIMS研究点位的环境数据，完整说明请见Excel数据文件的「元数据（Metadata）」工作表。

谢恩溪坐落于康扎草原生物站（Konza Prairie Biological Station）的金斯溪北侧，其汇口点位坐标为39.11522, -96.55838，流域面积434公顷。康扎草原生物站是自1980年起投入运行的长期生态研究站，本区域为原生高草草原。

谢恩溪区域每年实施肉牛放牧，每三年进行一次火烧作业。康扎草原地处堪萨斯州北部的弗林特山（Flint Hills）区域。该汇口点位2023年3月开始积水，7月干涸；2024年3月开始积水，9月干涸。本点位的年均降水量为35.62英寸。

所有数据字段的详细说明可参见本文件的「数据类型（Data Types）」工作表。简言之，本数据集涵盖多类传感器点位的监测数据，点位类型由子位置字段标识，其中包括：
- 「SW」：定期开展地表水采样的点位，设有静水井以记录河流水位。

本数据集通过空间分析方法生成，所用地形数据均为公开数据集：美国地质调查局（USGS）国家地图下载器v2.0提供的数字高程模型（Digital Elevation Models, DEMs），数据获取网址为https://apps.nationalmap.gov/downloader/。

点位的GPS坐标通过eMLID Reach RX多频实时动态定位（Real-Time Kinematic, RTK）流动站采集获得。

高程数据从上述DEM中提取得到。其余所有环境数据均基于该DEM，通过R语言4.4.0版本（R核心团队, 2024）中的Whitebox工具包进行地形与河网分析（Wu & Brown, 2022）生成。

方法1点位为汇口监测点位，配备了土壤温度与湿度传感器（Soil Temperature and Moisture Sensor, STIC）、压力传感器数据记录仪以及YSI EXO与S::CAN监测设备。

方法2点位为长期监测点位，配备压力传感器与STIC。

其余点位均配备STIC。