Water depth, surface elevation, and water temperature of lakes in the Fish Creek Watershed in northern Alaska, USA, 2011-2022

This set of eleven lakes located in the Fish Creek Watershed in northern Alaska have been monitored for varying periods of time starting as early as 2011 as part of the Fish Creek Watershed Observatory (http://www.fishcreekwatershed.org/) and in coordination with several NSF supported projects. Lakes were primarily selected for long-term monitoring because of interest in water supply for industrial activities and corresponding ecosystem services along with dynamics related to climate change and variability. These data include basic lake attributes of water surface elevation and water temperature at the lake bed of interest to studies of water balance, aquatic habitat, and permafrost stability. In some cases, additional data or studies have been completed on some of these lakes which are reported separately in other datasets or scientific papers or reports.

位于阿拉斯加州北部菲什克里克流域（Fish Creek Watershed）的11处湖泊，自2011年起作为菲什克里克流域观测站（Fish Creek Watershed Observatory，http://www.fishcreekwatershed.org/）监测工作的一部分，协同多项由美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation, NSF）资助的项目开展了时长不等的长期监测。本次入选监测的湖泊，主要基于工业活动供水需求、配套生态系统服务需求，以及气候变化与变率相关的湖泊动态研究需求而被筛选进入长期监测序列。本数据集包含水面高程与湖底水温两类核心湖泊基础属性数据，可为水平衡、水生栖息地及多年冻土稳定性相关研究提供关键支撑。部分湖泊已完成额外的数据采集或专项研究，相关成果已在其他数据集、学术论文或官方报告中单独发表。