Sagehen Creek Field Station

08 Nov, 04 AM - 12 Nov, 08 AM

We are interested in investigating the interaction between surface water and shallow groundwater at selected locations along Sagehen creek. We are instrumenting some of the existing piezometer transects in Sagehen and Kiln meadows with data logging capacitance rod stage recorders and water temperature loggers to study the sub-surface movement of water between the uplands, the riparian zone and the creek. The data loggers record the height of the water table inside the piezometers, or shallow wells, hourly and the temperature of the water at 15 minute intervals. Additionally, we are installing data logging capacitance rods to measure stream stage at the transects. We expect that these data will give us insight into the hydrologic connectivity between the uplands and the creek, whether water is moving from the riparian zone to the stream or vice-versa, the nature of the sub-surface flow (e.g., flow through a porous medium or fracture flow) at different times of year, and the timing and perhaps the volume of water that moves between the riparian zone and the creek.

Visit #8281 @Sagehen Creek Field Station

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Under Project # 5873 | Research

Surface water-groundwater interactions at Sagehen creek

graduate_student - University of California, Berkeley

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Madeline Solomon Nov 8 - 12, 2004 (5 days)
Madeline Solomon Nov 8 - 12, 2004 (5 days)

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Apartment (Lower Camp) 2 Nov 8 - 12, 2004