1158 km2, 1480-4120 m elevation,
The Boulder Creek CZO lies within the Boulder Creek watershed (1160km2), which drains the Front Range from the Continental Divide (4120m) to the eastern plains (1480m). Our work concentrates on four research sites that span large differences in elevation, climate, geologic history, and weathering regime: Betasso (1810-2024 m) Gordon Gulch (2446-2737m) Green Lakes Valley (3567-3745)
B1 - Air Temperature - B1 Air Temp & Relative Humidity (B1_TempRH) (2012-2015)
1 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Climatology / Meteorology, Hydrology •
Jen Morse
B1 - Climate, Air Temperature, Electrical Conductivity, Snow Depth - B1 Meteorological Site (B1_Met) (2017-2018)
2 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Climatology / Meteorology, Soil Science / Pedology, Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Nathan Rock; Dillon Ragar
B1 Historical Site - Precipitation - B1 Historical Precipitation Site (B1_Hist_Precip) (1952-1964)
1 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Mark Losleben
B1 Historical Site - Climate, Meteorology - B1 Historical Meteorological Site (B1_Hist_Met) (1952-1970)
1 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Mark Losleben
B1 Historical Site - Air Temperature, Solar Radiation - B1 Historical AirT Site (B1_Hist_AirT) (1987-2000)
1 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Mark Losleben
Boulder Creek - Streamflow / Discharge - Colorado Division of Water Resources Stream Gauges (2000-2013)
3 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Hydrology •
Colorado Division of Water Resources
Boulder Creek - Streamflow / Discharge - (USGS Gauges) (2007-2013)
4 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Hydrology •
US Geological Survey
Boulder Creek - Diatoms - Didymosphenia Geminata (2008-2010)
1 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Biology / Ecology, Hydrology •
James Cullis
Boulder Creek - LiDAR - Derived DEM from LIDAR (2010)
12 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
GIS / Remote Sensing •
Eric Parrish; Suzanne Anderson
Boulder Creek - LiDAR - Point Cloud Data at OpenTopography.com (Snow off) (2010)
1 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
GIS / Remote Sensing •
Suzanne Anderson; Eric Parrish
Boulder Creek - GIS/Map Data - ArcGIS API BCCZO GIS (2010-2018)
1 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
GIS / Remote Sensing •
Eric Parrish
Boulder Creek catchment and vicinity - Geology, Geomorphology (2006)
1 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Geomorphology, Geochemistry / Mineralogy, Geology / Chronology, Geophysics •
David P. Dethier; Eli D. Lazarus
Boulder Creek CZO - Surface Water Chemistry - (BC_SW_Array) (2008-2017)
2 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
Water Chemistry •
Suzanne Anderson; Clayton Jensen
Boulder Creek CZO - Stream Water Chemistry, Surface Water Chemistry - (Isaac Bukoski Thesis) (2018)
1 components •
Gordon Gulch, Betasso, Boulder Creek Watershed •
Water Chemistry •
Isaac Bukoski
Como Creek - Topographic Carbon Storage, GIS/Map Data, LiDAR, Land Cover (2010)
2 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed •
GIS / Remote Sensing, Biology / Ecology, Geomorphology, Hydrology •
Tyson Lee Swetnam; Paul Brooks; Holly Barnard; Adrian Harpold; Erika Gallo
National - Climate, Flux Tower, Streamflow / Discharge - CUAHSI WDC web services (1968-2015)
7 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed, Christina River Basin, Jemez River Basin, Santa Catalina Mountains, El Verde Field Station, Northeastern Puerto Rico and the Luquillo Mountains, Rio Blanco, Rio Mameyes, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Providence Creek Headwater Catchments (1660 - 2115 m elevation), Wolverton Basin (2230 - 2700 m elevation), Other instrumented sites •
Climatology / Meteorology, Hydrology, Soil Science / Pedology •
Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory; Catalina-Jemez Critical Zone Observatory; Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory; Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory; Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory; Christina River Basin Critical Zone Observatory
National - Streamflow / Discharge - USGS and USDA Data Resources (1985-2017)
22 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed, Santa Catalina Mountains, Jemez River Basin, Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Northeastern Puerto Rico and the Luquillo Mountains, Clear Creek Watershed, Sangamon River Basin, Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory, Providence Creek Headwater Catchments (1660 - 2115 m elevation) •
Hydrology •
USGS National Water Information System
National - Flux Tower - AmeriFlux Network data (2007-2018)
14 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed, Jemez River Basin, Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, San Joaquin Experimental Range (210-520 m elevation), Soaproot Saddle (1000-1500 m elevation), Short Hair (2670 m elevation) •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory; Catalina-Jemez Critical Zone Observatory; Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory; Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory; Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory
National - LiDAR, Land Cover, GIS/Map Data - OpenTopography (2010-2017)
18 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed, Eel River Watershed, Jemez River Basin, Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Northeastern Puerto Rico and the Luquillo Mountains, Sangamon River Basin, Clear Creek Watershed, Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory, Providence Creek Headwater Catchments (1660 - 2115 m elevation) •
Geomorphology, GIS / Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Biology / Ecology •
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping; Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory; Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory; University of Arizona; University of California Merced; Valles Caldera National Preserve; Bandelier National Monument; National Park Service; Jemez River Basin and Santa Catalina Mountains Critical Zone Observatory; Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory; Reynolds Creek CZO; Eel River CZO; Shale Hills CZO
National - Air Temperature, Flux Tower, Meteorology - NADP and NOAA or other weather stations (2017)
8 components •
Boulder Creek Watershed, Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory, Jemez River Basin, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory •
Climatology / Meteorology •
NADP; NOAA; others
Shale Hills, Boulder, Luquillo, JRB-SCM, Calhoun - Soil Geochemistry (2001-2013)
1 components •
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Bisley, Boulder Creek Watershed, Northeastern Puerto Rico and the Luquillo Mountains, Santa Catalina Mountains •
Geochemistry / Mineralogy, Biogeochemistry •
Niu, Xianzeng; Williams, Jennifer; Brantley, Susan L.; Miller, Doug; Bills, Brian
2.32 km2, 3567-4024 m elevation, -3.7 °C, 1214 mm/yr
"Green Lakes Valley (GLV) is located in the upper catchment of Boulder Creek (above 3200m) and lies within the City of Boulder Watershed. GLV is part of the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER), where snow studies, geomorphic processes and hydrologic research had been conducted since 1981"
All Time lapse Cameras - Photographic Imagery - Betasso, Gordon Gulch, Green Lakes Valley (2009-2018)
1 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch, Green Lakes Valley •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Suzanne Anderson; Bob Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Photographic Imagery - (BT_Camera_Array) (2014-2016)
1 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch, Green Lakes Valley •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Nathan Rock
Gordon Gulch - Photographic Imagery - (GG_Camera_Array) (2009-2016)
1 components •
Gordon Gulch, Betasso, Green Lakes Valley •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Green Lakes Valley - Stream Water Chemistry - (data from Niwot Ridge LTER) (1985-2011)
3 components •
Green Lakes Valley •
Water Chemistry •
Niwot Ridge LTER
Green Lakes Valley - Climate, Meteorology (1986-2006)
2 components •
Green Lakes Valley •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Mark Losleben
Green Lakes Valley - Land Cover (2008)
2 components •
Green Lakes Valley •
Biology / Ecology •
Eric Parrish
Green Lakes Valley - Photographic Imagery - (GLV_Camera) (2008-2016)
1 components •
Green Lakes Valley, Betasso, Gordon Gulch •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Green Lakes Valley - Geophysics - Shallow Seismic Refraction, Electrical Resistivity (2009)
1 components •
Green Lakes Valley •
Geophysics •
Kevin Befus; Matthais Leopold
Green Lakes Valley - Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture - (GLV_Catena_1-5_Array) (2009-2018)
2 components •
Green Lakes Valley •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
2.6 km2, 2446-2737 m elevation, 5.1 °C, 519 mm/yr
"The Gordon Gulch site lies within Arapahoe National Forest and is divided into Lower and Upper Gordon Gulch. Gordon Gulch (part intermittent part permanent; see map above) joins the North Boulder Creek about 16 km downstream from Green Lakes Valley (GLV)."
All Time lapse Cameras - Photographic Imagery - Betasso, Gordon Gulch, Green Lakes Valley (2009-2018)
1 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch, Green Lakes Valley •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Suzanne Anderson; Bob Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Betasso & Gordon Gulch - Precipitation - Water Chemistry (BT-GGU_P_Canopy-Open) (2011-2016)
2 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch •
Water Chemistry •
Suzanne Anderson; Clayton Jensen
Betasso & Gordon Gulch - Soil Respiration - (BT-GG_Flux_Array) (2012-2013)
2 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Holly Barnard; Erin Berryman
Betasso - Photographic Imagery - (BT_Camera_Array) (2014-2016)
1 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch, Green Lakes Valley •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Nathan Rock
Boulder Creek CZO - Stream Water Chemistry, Surface Water Chemistry - (Isaac Bukoski Thesis) (2018)
1 components •
Gordon Gulch, Betasso, Boulder Creek Watershed •
Water Chemistry •
Isaac Bukoski
Gordon Gulch - Land Cover (2008)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Biology / Ecology •
Eric Parrish
Gordon Gulch - Snow Survey (2008-2009)
3 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson
Gordon Gulch - Snow Pits - Snow Pit Stratigraphy, Density - SWE (GG_SN_Array) (2008-2017)
4 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Nathan Rock
Gordon Gulch - Surface Water Chemistry - (GG_SW_Array) (2008-2017)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Water Chemistry •
Suzanne Anderson; Clayton Jensen
Gordon Gulch - Geophysics - Shallow Seismic Refraction, Electrical Resistivity (2009-2012)
1 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Geophysics •
Kevin Befus; Matthais Leopold
Gordon Gulch - Photographic Imagery - (GG_Camera_Array) (2009-2016)
1 components •
Gordon Gulch, Betasso, Green Lakes Valley •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch - Topographic Carbon Storage, GIS/Map Data, LiDAR, Land Cover (2010)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
GIS / Remote Sensing, Biology / Ecology, Geomorphology, Hydrology •
Tyson Lee Swetnam; Paul Brooks; Holly Barnard; Adrian Harpold; Erika Gallo
Gordon Gulch - Soil Microbes (2011)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Biology / Ecology •
Kathryn Eilers
Gordon Gulch - Tree Growth & Physiology (2011-2012)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Biology / Ecology •
Hallie R. Adams; Holly R. Barnard; Alexander K. Loomis
Gordon Gulch - Electrical Conductivity - GGL_SW_Conductivity, GGU_SW_Conductivity (2011-2014)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Water Chemistry •
Nate Rock; Suzanne Anderson
Gordon Gulch - Surface Water Chemistry - (GG_IS_Array) (2011-2017)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Water Chemistry •
Suzanne Anderson
Gordon Gulch Upper - Well Water Levels - GGU_Slug_Test (2016)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Hydrology •
Steven Henning
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Snow Depth - Snow Pole Transects (manual) (GGL_SP_1-10_Tran) (2008-2017)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture - Soil Sensors (GGL_SPTran_SLTmpSLMist_Array) (2009-2019)
12 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Suzanne Anderson; Eve-Lyn Hinckley; Nathan Rock; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Streamflow / Discharge - (GGL_SW_0_Dis) (2010-2014)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Snow Depth, Air Temperature - Judd Sensors (GGL_NF_SP3-4SF_SP10_SD_Array) (2010-2018)
6 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Soil Water Chemistry - (GGL_LW_Array) (2011-2013)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Water Chemistry •
Suzanne Anderson; Nathan Rock
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Electrical Conductivity, Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature - South-Facing Middle Pit (GGL_SF_MP) (2011-2017)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Soil Geochemistry - XRD and XRF analysis from shallow subsurface (2012)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Geochemistry / Mineralogy •
Patrick Kelly
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Electrical Conductivity, Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature - North-Facing Middle Pit (GGL_NF_MP) (2012-2018)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Air Temperature, Meteorology - North-Facing Meteorological Tower (GGL_NF_Met) (2012-2019)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Air Temperature, Meteorology - South-Facing Meteorological Tower (GGL_SF_Met) (2012-2019)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM), Lysimeter Water Samples Chemistry, Groundwater Chemistry (2013)
1 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Biogeochemistry, Hydrology, Water Chemistry •
Margaret A. Burns; Holly R. Barnard
Gordon Gulch: Lower - Streamflow / Discharge - Manual (GGL_SW_0_ManDis) (2013-2017)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Upper - Snow Depth - Snow Pole Transects (manual) (GGU_SP_1-10_Tran) (2008-2017)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Upper - Soil Temperature - (GGU_Hobo_Array) (2008-2017)
3 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Upper - Streamflow / Discharge - (GGU_SW_0_Dis) (2009-2014)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Upper - Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture - at various depths (GGU_NF_SP4_SLTmpSLMist_Array) (2009-2019)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Upper - Groundwater Chemistry - (GGU_GW_1-6_Array) (2011-2017)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Water Chemistry •
Suzanne Anderson; Clayton Jensen
Gordon Gulch: Upper - Well Water Levels - (GGU_GW_1,2,6_Pducer_Tran) (2011-2018)
6 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Gordon Gulch: Upper - Streamflow / Discharge - Manual (GGU_SW_0_ManDis) (2013-2017)
2 components •
Gordon Gulch •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Green Lakes Valley - Photographic Imagery - (GLV_Camera) (2008-2016)
1 components •
Green Lakes Valley, Betasso, Gordon Gulch •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
0.45 km2, 1810-2024 m elevation, 12.3 °C, 563 mm/yr
"The Betasso site is situated in the lower Boulder Canyon, just 6 miles west of City of Boulder.
All Time lapse Cameras - Photographic Imagery - Betasso, Gordon Gulch, Green Lakes Valley (2009-2018)
1 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch, Green Lakes Valley •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Suzanne Anderson; Bob Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Snow Depth, Air Temperature - Judd Snow Sensors (BT_Gully_SD_1-5_Array) (2010-2017)
2 components •
Betasso •
Climatology / Meteorology, Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Noah Molotch; Nathan Rock
Betasso & Gordon Gulch - Precipitation - Water Chemistry (BT-GGU_P_Canopy-Open) (2011-2016)
2 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch •
Water Chemistry •
Suzanne Anderson; Clayton Jensen
Betasso & Gordon Gulch - Soil Respiration - (BT-GG_Flux_Array) (2012-2013)
2 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Holly Barnard; Erin Berryman
Betasso - Land Cover (2008)
2 components •
Betasso •
Biology / Ecology •
Eric Parrish
Betasso - Surface Water Chemistry - (BT_SW_0) (2008-2017)
2 components •
Betasso •
Water Chemistry •
Suzanne Anderson
Betasso - Geophysics - Shallow Seismic Refraction, Electrical Resistivity (2009-2012)
1 components •
Betasso •
Geophysics •
Kevin Befus; Matthais Leopold
Betasso - Air Temperature, Climate, Meteorology - LIVE Betasso Meteorological Data (BT_Met) (2009-2017)
1 components •
Betasso •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Meteorology, Air Temperature - (BT_Met) (2009-2019)
2 components •
Betasso •
Climatology / Meteorology •
Suzanne Anderson; Nathan Rock; Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Topographic Carbon Storage, GIS/Map Data, LiDAR, Land Cover (2010)
2 components •
Betasso •
GIS / Remote Sensing, Biology / Ecology, Geomorphology, Hydrology •
Tyson Lee Swetnam; Paul Brooks; Holly Barnard; Adrian Harpold; Erika Gallo
Betasso - Soil Moisture, Water Potential - BT_Borrow_SLmstWRPtn (2010-2019)
2 components •
Betasso •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Soil Moisture, Water Potential - Gully Site, Soil Pit (BT_Gully_SLmstWRPtn) (2010-2019)
2 components •
Betasso •
Soil Science / Pedology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Snow Pits - Snow Pit Density & Stratigraphy (BT_SN) (2011-2014)
4 components •
Betasso •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Groundwater Chemistry - (BT_GW_1) (2013-2017)
2 components •
Betasso •
Water Chemistry •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Streamflow / Discharge - Manual (BT_SW_0_ManDis) (2013-2017)
2 components •
Betasso •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Well Water Levels - (BT_GW_1_Pducer) (2013-2018)
2 components •
Betasso •
Hydrology •
Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Betasso - Photographic Imagery - (BT_Camera_Array) (2014-2016)
1 components •
Betasso, Gordon Gulch, Green Lakes Valley •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Nathan Rock
Boulder Creek CZO - Stream Water Chemistry, Surface Water Chemistry - (Isaac Bukoski Thesis) (2018)
1 components •
Gordon Gulch, Betasso, Boulder Creek Watershed •
Water Chemistry •
Isaac Bukoski
Gordon Gulch - Photographic Imagery - (GG_Camera_Array) (2009-2016)
1 components •
Gordon Gulch, Betasso, Green Lakes Valley •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
Green Lakes Valley - Photographic Imagery - (GLV_Camera) (2008-2016)
1 components •
Green Lakes Valley, Betasso, Gordon Gulch •
Data Management / CyberInfrastructure •
Bob Anderson; Suzanne Anderson; Dillon Ragar
National - Stream Water Chemistry - Cations, Anions, Metals (1982-2015)
1 components •
Bisley, Betasso, East Peak, Marshall Gulch (High-Elevation), Providence Creek Subcatchment P301, Providence Creek Subcatchment P303, Providence Creek Subcatchment P304, Eel River Watershed, Puente Roto, Rio Blanco, Rio Icacos, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory •
Biogeochemistry, Biology / Ecology, Hydrology, Water Chemistry •
Hyojin, Kim; Bishop, Jim; Dietrich, William; Fung, Inez; McDowell, William H.; Brantley, Susan L.; Hoagland, Beth; Sullivan, Pamela L.; Cain, Molly; Neal, Andrew; Fisher, Jessica; Russo, Tess; Niwot Ridge LTER; Liu, Fengjing; Chorover, Jon; Troch, Peter; McIntosh, Jennifer; Brooks, Paul; Abramson, Nate; Heidbuechel, Ingo; Amistadi, Mary Key; Alexander Pedron, Shawn; Chorover, Jon; Troch, Peter; Corley, Timothy; Zapata-Rios, Xavier; Losleben, Mark; Condon, Katherine
DRAFT v.0.4.0
1. Use our data freely. All CZO Data Products* except those labelled Private** are released to the public and may be freely copied, distributed, edited, remixed, and built upon under the condition that you give acknowledgement as described below. Non-CZO data products — like those produced by USGS or NOAA — have their own use policies, which should be followed.
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