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High-resolution streamflow and weather data (2013–2019) for seven small coastal watersheds in the northeast Pacific coastal temperate rainforest, Canada
Maartje C. Korver
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Hakai Institute, Tula Foundation, Heriot Bay, BC V0P 1H0, Canada
current address: Department of Geography, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0B9, Canada
Emily Haughton
Hakai Institute, Tula Foundation, Heriot Bay, BC V0P 1H0, Canada
William C. Floyd
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6E9, Canada
Department of Geography, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5, Canada
Ian J. W. Giesbrecht
Hakai Institute, Tula Foundation, Heriot Bay, BC V0P 1H0, Canada
School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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The central coastline of the northeast Pacific coastal temperate rainforest contains many small streams that are important for the ecology of the region but are sparsely monitored. Here we present the first 5 years (2013–2019) of streamflow and weather data from seven small streams, using novel automated methods with estimations of measurement uncertainties. These observations support regional climate change monitoring and provide a scientific basis for environmental management decisions.
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