An Arctic watershed observatory at Lake Peters, Alaska: weather–glacier–river–lake system data for 2015–2018

Broadman, Ellie; Thurston, Lorna L.; Schiefer, Erik; McKay, Nicholas P.; Fortin, David; Geck, Jason; Loso, Michael G.; Nolan, Matt; Arcusa, Stéphanie H.; Benson, Christopher W.; Ellerbroek, Rebecca A.; Erb, Michael P.; Routson, Cody C.; Wiman, Charlotte; Wong, A. Jade; Kaufman, Darrell S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1957-2019

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1957-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1957-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Data description paper

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19 Dec 2019

Data description paper |

| 19 Dec 2019

An Arctic watershed observatory at Lake Peters, Alaska: weather–glacier–river–lake system data for 2015–2018

Ellie Broadman, Lorna L. Thurston, Erik Schiefer, Nicholas P. McKay, David Fortin, Jason Geck, Michael G. Loso, Matt Nolan, Stéphanie H. Arcusa, Christopher W. Benson, Rebecca A. Ellerbroek, Michael P. Erb, Cody C. Routson, Charlotte Wiman, A. Jade Wong, and Darrell S. Kaufman

Data sets

High resolution photogrammetric data of Chamberlin Glacier and the Lake Peters watershed, Alaska, 2015-2017 M. Nolan https://doi.org/10.18739/A23F4KN4K

Carnivore Creek discharge and suspended sediment concentration, Alaska, 2015-2018 E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, D. S. Kaufman, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, N. P. McKay, D. Fortin, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A27659F8Q

Chamberlin Creek discharge and suspended sediment concentration, Alaska, 2015-2017 E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, N. P. McKay, D. S. Kaufman, D. Fortin, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2BZ61825

Lake Peters water temperature and luminous flux, Alaska, 2015-2017 D. S. Kaufman, D. Fortin, E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, N. P. McKay, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2FQ9Q52R

Lake Peters water level, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2015-2017 D. Fortin, D. S. Kaufman, E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, N. P. McKay, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2KH0DZ5J

Sediment trap data from Lake Peters and Lake Schrader, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2015-2017 D. S. Kaufman, D. Fortin, E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, N. P. McKay, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2Q814S0S

Meteorological data from the Lake Peters watershed, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2015-2018 D. S. Kaufman, D. Fortin, E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, N. P. McKay, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2V11VK4J

Geochemical and stable isotope composition data from precipitation, runoff, snow and ice collected in Lake Peters watershed, Arctic Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2015-2018 D. S. Kaufman, R. A. Ellerbroek, D. Fortin, E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, N. P. McKay, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2ZS2KC8C

CTD casts (conductivity, temperature, depth) in Lake Peters, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2015 D. Fortin, E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, D. S. Kaufman, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, N. P. McKay, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A23J3912W

Meteorological data from Chamberlin Glacier, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2016-2017 D. S. Kaufman, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, N. P. McKay, D. Fortin, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2BZ6178M

Ablation stake data from Chamberlin Glacier, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 2016-2017 J. Geck, M. G. Loso, E. Schiefer, L. L. Thurston, N. P. McKay, D. S. Kaufman, D. Fortin, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2GQ6R21H

Bathymetric map of Lake Peters, Alaska, 2015. Arctic Data Center E. Schiefer, N. P. McKay, D. S. Kaufman, D. Fortin, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, A. Liljedahl, and E. Broadman https://doi.org/10.18739/A2R785P0G

Short summary

Rapid climate warming is impacting physical processes in Arctic environments. Glacier–fed lakes are influenced by many of these processes, and they are impacted by the changing behavior of weather, glaciers, and rivers. We present data from weather stations, river gauging stations, lake moorings, and more, following 4 years of environmental monitoring in the watershed of Lake Peters, a glacier–fed lake in Arctic Alaska. These data can help us study the changing dynamics of this remote setting.