The Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and the Coweeta Long-Term Ecological Research Project

Chelcy Ford Miniat, Andrew Christopher Oishi, Paul V. Bolstad, C. Rhett Jackson, Ning Liu, Jason P. Love, Catherine M. Pringle, Kelsey J. Solomon, Nina Wurzburger

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Abstract

The Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (CHL) is a USDA Forest Service (FS) Experimental Forest, located in western North Carolina, in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Established in 1934, CHL has long-term data records that include climate, streamflow, stream and atmospheric chemistry, and vegetation in several small, experimentally-manipulated and reference watersheds. In addition to these long-term data, additional data associated with specific projects have been collected and are available through publications and electronic archives. Notably, CHL was a member of the National Science Foundation-funded Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program from 1980–2020, which resulted in significant scientific advances and rich data sets on the five core LTER research areas: primary productivity, population studies, movement of organic matter, movement of inorganic matter, and disturbance patterns. Here we provide a brief site description and history of the CHL, including descriptions of gauged watersheds and data archives.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere14302
JournalHydrological Processes
Volume35
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) awards, DEB-0218001, DEB-0823293, DEB-1226983, DEB-1440485, and DEB-1637522 from the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program to the Coweeta LTER. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USDA or NSF. The authors are grateful to Drs. S. Brantley and M. Callaham for providing comments on a previous version, and to C. Brown and J. Scott for providing edits to improve accuracy.

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) awards, DEB‐0218001, DEB‐0823293, DEB‐1226983, DEB‐1440485, and DEB‐1637522 from the Long‐Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program to the Coweeta LTER. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USDA or NSF. The authors are grateful to Drs. S. Brantley and M. Callaham for providing comments on a previous version, and to C. Brown and J. Scott for providing edits to improve accuracy.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This article has been contributed to by US Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.

Keywords

  • climate
  • experimental forest
  • long-term data
  • paired watershed
  • precipitation
  • southern Appalachian
  • streamflow
  • watersheds

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