James Vose

Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory 3160 Coweeta Lab Road Otto North Carolina 28763 USA

(828) 524-2128 jvose@sparc.ecology.uga.edu http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/piprofiles/pro_vose.html Wayne Swank

Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory 3160 Coweeta Lab Road Otto North Carolina 28763 USA

(828) 524-2128 wswank@sparc.ecology.uga.edu http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/piprofiles/pro_swank.html Watershed 27 or Hard Luck Creek is a north-northeast facing reference catchment encompassing 96.5 acres (39ha) or .15080 sq. miles. The elevation ranges from 3380ft (1061m) at the weir to 4770ft (1454m). The average land slope is 54.7%, and the average channel slope is 33.2%. The channel is a total of 3894ft (1187m) long. 1.Discharge for WS27 is measured with a 120 degree v-notch sharp crested weir. The weir blade is installed in a concrete wall that serves as a broad-crested weir for flows over 3-feet. The first record was collected on November 2, 1946 using an FW-1 chart recorder. The recorder was changed to a Fisher-Porter punch tape analog to digital recorder on September 9, 1964, then upgraded to the current Stevens Type A/F Logger, Model 8901 on May 10, 1994. Coweeta LTER stream discharge minimum flow maximum flow mean flow Must adhere to the Coweeta LTER Data Policy (See http://coweeta.ecology.uga.edu/webdocs/3/static/datapolicies.html). http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/summaries/summary3034.html Watershed 27 (WS27) 1946-11-01 2005-12-31 Coweeta LTER Information Manager

Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602 USA

(828) 524-2128 Ted Gragson

Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602 USA

tgragson@earthlink.net principalInvestigator James Vose

Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602 USA

jvose@fs.fed.us principalInvestigator Brian Kloeppel

Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602 USA

kloeppel@sparc.ecology.uga.edu principalInvestigator The Coweeta LTER Research Program has evolved since 1980 from a site-based to a site- and region-based project examining the effects of disturbance and environmental gradients on biogeochemical cycling, and the underlying watershed ecosystem processes that regulate and respond to those cycles. The objective for the 2002-2008 research is to advance scientific understanding of the spatial, temporal, and decision-making components of land use and land-use change in the southern Appalachian Mountains over the last 200 years, and forecast patterns into the future 30 years. This will be accomplished by addressing ecological and socioeconomic aspects of land-use change while continuing long-term studies of environmental gradients and natural disturbance regimes. The result will be a more complete understanding of ecological dynamics in the southern Appalachian Mountains that makes possible the development of reasonable forecasts of its future ecological state. | The guiding hypothesis for the proposed research is that the frequency, intensity, and extent of land use represents human decision-making in response to socioeconomic and bio-geophysical conditions with consequences that cascade through ecosystems. The research activities are organized into three initiatives: (1) Characterization of the Socio-Natural Template, (2) Ecosystem Responses to the Socio-Natural Template, and (3) Forecasting Ecosystem Responses to Changes in the Socio-Natural Template. The integrated scientific research will provide both a description as well as an explanation of the underlying causes of land use and the consequences of land-use change for southern Appalachian ecosystems and society. It thus recognizes the complexity of land use as a process and the research needs as defined in the LTER Program and the broader scientific community. National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. uid=cwt,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read 3034.csv 3034.csv 1 \n \n column , http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/data/3034.csv ID ID Watershed number code to identify the sample location Watershed number code to identify the sample location . Missing Value CYR CYR Calendar year when sample was collected YYYY real . Missing Value MONTH MONTH Month year when sample was collected MM . Missing Value DAY DAY Day year when sample was collected DD . Missing Value MIN_FLOW MIN_FLOW Minimum flow for 24 hour period CSM cubicFeetPerSecondPerSquaredMile real . Missing Value MAX_FLOW MAX_FLOW Maximum flow for 24 hour period CSM cubicFeetPerSecondPerSquaredMile real . Missing Value MEAN_FLOW MEAN_FLOW Mean flow for 24 hour period CSM cubicFeetPerSecondPerSquaredMile real . Missing Value