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Accession: HYD-GCES-0508a Research Theme: Hydrography/Hydrology (Synthesis)
Contributor: Wade M. Sheldon Jr.
Title: Annual summaries of daily observations from the USGS Streamflow Gauging Station on the Altamaha River near Doctortown, Georgia, for 1932 to 2004
Abstract: Daily averaged river discharge data were obtained from the United States Geological Survey for streamflow gauging station USGS 02226000 on the Altamaha River near Doctortown, Georgia. Processed tabular data were downloaded from the USGS real-time web server (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/) by the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER project, documented, and standardized to metric units. Missing values of mean discharge were estimated by cubic spline interpolation to fill in data gaps of five or fewer consecutive days. Annual summary statistics were then calculated from daily values aggregated by year.
DOI: 10.6073/pasta/fa4be952fd8e23cdf07077d9fc10fdaf
Key Words: Altamaha River, annual, discharge, hydrography, long term, rivers, streamflow, synthesis
LTER Core Area: Other Site Research
Research Themes: Hydrography/Hydrology
Study Period: 01-Jan-1932 to 31-Dec-2004
Study Sites:
ALT-BASIN -- Altamaha River basin, Georgia, USA
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Publications:

Sheldon, J.E. and Burd, A.B. 2008. Poster: Seasonal effects of the Southern Oscillation and Bermuda High on freshwater delivery to the central Georgia coast. GCE-LTER 2008 Annual Meeting, March 14-15, 2008, Athens, Georgia.

Wang, Y., Castelao, R. and Di Iorio, D. 2017. Salinity Variability and Water Exchange in Interconnected Estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts. (DOI: 10.1007/s12237-016-0195-9)
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Data Table: HYD-GCES-0508a (Main data table for data set HYD-GCES-0508a, 73 records)

Access: Public (released 01-Aug-2005)

Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language)

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Column Name Units Type Description
1 Agency none string Agency operating the monitoring station
2 StationID none integer USGS station identifier
3 Year YYYY integer Calendar year
4 Yearly_​Num_​Daily_​Mean_​Discharge count integer Yearly Observations of Daily-averaged river discharge calculated from gage height and river geometry
5 Yearly_​Min_​Daily_​Mean_​Discharge m^3/sec floating-point Yearly Minimum Daily-averaged river discharge calculated from gage height and river geometry
6 Yearly_​Max_​Daily_​Mean_​Discharge m^3/sec floating-point Yearly Maximum Daily-averaged river discharge calculated from gage height and river geometry
7 Yearly_​Sum_​Daily_​Mean_​Discharge m^3/sec floating-point Yearly Total Daily-averaged river discharge calculated from gage height and river geometry
8 Yearly_​Mean_​Daily_​Mean_​Discharge m^3/sec floating-point Yearly Mean Daily-averaged river discharge calculated from gage height and river geometry
9 Yearly_​StdDev_​Daily_​Mean_​Discharge m^3/sec floating-point Yearly Sample Standard Deviation of Daily-averaged river discharge calculated from gage height and river geometry
10 Yearly_​SE_​Daily_​Mean_​Discharge m^3/sec floating-point Yearly Standard Error of Daily-averaged river discharge calculated from gage height and river geometry
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Citation: Sheldon, Wade M. 2005. Annual summaries of daily observations from the USGS Streamflow Gauging Station on the Altamaha River near Doctortown, Georgia, for 1932 to 2004. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/fa4be952fd8e23cdf07077d9fc10fdaf

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants OCE-9982133, OCE-0620959, OCE-1237140 and OCE-1832178. 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.