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Boulder Creek Watershed

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


Green Lakes Valley

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


Gordon Gulch

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


Betasso

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

Data Use Policy
Data Sharing Policy
  • Data Use Policy

    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.

    2. Give proper citation and acknowledgement. Publications, models and data products that make use of these datasets must include proper citation and acknowledgement. Most importantly, provide a citation in a similar way as a journal article (i.e. author, title, year of publication, name of CZO “publisher”, edition or version, and URL or DOI access information. See http://www.datacite.org/whycitedata). Also include at least a brief acknowledgement such as: “Data were provided by the NSF-supported Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory” (replace with the appropriate observatory name).

    3. Let us know how you will use the data. The dataset creators would appreciate hearing of any plans to use the dataset. Consider consultation or collaboration with dataset creators.

    *CZO Data Products.  Defined as a data collected with any monetary or logistical support from a CZO.

    **Private. Most private data will be released to the public within 1-2 years, with some exceptionally challenging datasets up to 4 years. To inquire about potential earlier use, please contact us.

  • Data Sharing Policy

    DRAFT v.0.2.5

    All CZO investigators and collaborators who receive material or logistical support from a CZO agree to:

    1. Share data privately within 1 year. CZO investigators and collaborators agree to provide CZO Data Products* — including data files and metadata for raw, quality controlled and/or derived data — to CZO data managers within one year of collection of samples, in situ or experimental data. By default, data values will be held in a Private CZO Repository**, but metadata will be made public and will provide full attribution to the Dataset Creators†.

    2. Release data to public within 2 years. CZO Dataset Creators will be encouraged after one year to release data for public access. Dataset Creators may chose to publish or release data sooner.

    3. Request, in writing, data privacy up to 4 years. CZO PIs will review short written applications to extend data privacy beyond 2 years and up to 4 years from time of collection. Extensions beyond 3 years should not be the norm, and will be granted only for compelling cases.

    4. Consult with creators of private CZO datasets prior to use. In order to enable the collaborative vision of the CZO program, data in private CZO repositories will be available to other investigators and collaborators within that CZO. Releasing or publishing any derivative of such private data without explicit consent from the dataset creators will be considered a serious scientific ethics violation.

    * CZO Data Products. Defined as data collected with any monetary or logistical support from a CZO. Logistical support includes the use of any CZO sensors, sampling infrastructure, equipment, vehicles, or labor from a supported investigator, student or staff person. CZO Data Products can acknowledge multiple additional sources of support.

    ** Private CZO Repository. Defined as a password-protected directory on each CZO’s data server. Files will be accessible by all investigators and collaborators within the given CZO and logins will be maintained by that local CZO’s data managers. Although data values will not be accessible by the public or ingested into any central data system (i.e. CUAHSI HIS), metadata will be fully discoverable by the public. This provides the dual benefit of giving attribution and credit to dataset creators and the CZO in general, while maintaining protection of intellectual property while publications are pending.

    † Dataset Creators. Defined as the people who are responsible for designing, collecting, analyzing and providing quality assurance for a dataset. The creators of a dataset are analogous to the authors of a publication, and datasets should be cited in an analogous manner following the emerging international guidelines described at http://www.datacite.org/whycitedata.

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