Riverbed and Near-Surface Water Quality Data, Hanford Reach, Columbia River, February 2021 - April 2022

Gooseff, Michael; DiGiorno, Margaret; Briggs, Martin; Terry, Neil; Chen, Xingyuan; Arntzen, Evan

doi:10.15485/2204421

Title: Riverbed and Near-Surface Water Quality Data, Hanford Reach, Columbia River, February 2021 - April 2022

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This dataset contains longitudinal profiles of natural groundwater tracers (temperature, electrical conductivity (EC), and Radon-222 (Rn)) collected to identify locations of hydrologic exchange flows along a 75-km reach of the Columbia River near Richland, Washington.A jetboat was used to tow a 30 foot long, weighted tether that had one set of temperature and EC sensors just below the water surface and one set of temperature and EC sensors on the end (just above the river bed). The dataset contains profiles of temperature/EC data (resolution: 1 second) collected along the left and right banks during three different sampling events. During the final sampling event, we revisited some "deep holes" where the river was more than 30 feet deep with a weighted tether that was 75 feet long. The dataset has been processed to remove data collected when the sensors were not in the water, or when the water was too deep to keep the tether on the riverbed. We collected grab samples of water for analysis of dissolved Rn in places where the temperature/EC was different from the background river water. The Rn data was joined to the temperature/EC profiles based on the sample times.This dataset is comprised of one mainmore »« less

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University of Colorado at Boulder; University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
U.S. Geological Survey
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Publication Date:: 2022-12-31

DOE Contract Number:: SC0020339

Research Org.:: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; Resolving Aquifer Controls on Larger River-Groundwater Exchanges of Mass and Energy

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Columbia River; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > ISOTOPES > RADIOISOTOPES; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > WATER CHARACTERISTICS > CONDUCTIVITY; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > WATER CHARACTERISTICS > WATER TEMPERATURE; ESS-DIVE CSV File Formatting Guidelines Reporting Format; ESS-DIVE File Level Metadata Reporting Format; ESS-DIVE Hydrologic Monitoring Reporting Format; Hanford Reach; Hydrologic Exchange Flows; Radon-222

OSTI Identifier:: 2204421

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15485/2204421

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                    Gooseff, Michael, DiGiorno, Margaret, Briggs, Martin, Terry, Neil, Chen, Xingyuan, and Arntzen, Evan. Riverbed and Near-Surface Water Quality Data, Hanford Reach, Columbia River, February 2021 - April 2022.  United States: N. p., 2022. 
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                    Gooseff, Michael, DiGiorno, Margaret, Briggs, Martin, Terry, Neil, Chen, Xingyuan, & Arntzen, Evan. Riverbed and Near-Surface Water Quality Data, Hanford Reach, Columbia River, February 2021 - April 2022.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/2204421

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                    Gooseff, Michael, DiGiorno, Margaret, Briggs, Martin, Terry, Neil, Chen, Xingyuan, and Arntzen, Evan. 2022.  
"Riverbed and Near-Surface Water Quality Data, Hanford Reach, Columbia River, February 2021 - April 2022".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/2204421.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2204421. Pub date:Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2022

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  title        = {Riverbed and Near-Surface Water Quality Data, Hanford Reach, Columbia River, February 2021 - April 2022},

  author       = {Gooseff, Michael and DiGiorno, Margaret and Briggs, Martin and Terry, Neil and Chen, Xingyuan and Arntzen, Evan},

  abstractNote = {This dataset contains longitudinal profiles of natural groundwater tracers (temperature, electrical conductivity (EC), and Radon-222 (Rn)) collected to identify locations of hydrologic exchange flows along a 75-km reach of the Columbia River near Richland, Washington.A jetboat was used to tow a 30 foot long, weighted tether that had one set of temperature and EC sensors just below the water surface and one set of temperature and EC sensors on the end (just above the river bed). The dataset contains profiles of temperature/EC data (resolution: 1 second) collected along the left and right banks during three different sampling events. During the final sampling event, we revisited some "deep holes" where the river was more than 30 feet deep with a weighted tether that was 75 feet long. The dataset has been processed to remove data collected when the sensors were not in the water, or when the water was too deep to keep the tether on the riverbed. We collected grab samples of water for analysis of dissolved Rn in places where the temperature/EC was different from the background river water. The Rn data was joined to the temperature/EC profiles based on the sample times.This dataset is comprised of one main data folder containing (1) file-level metadata; (2) data dictionary; (3) installation methods; (4) February 2021 data; (5) July 2021 data; (6) April 2022 data; and (7) April 2022 deep hole data. All files are .csv format and can be opened with a spreadsheet program (such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice).},

  doi          = {10.15485/2204421},

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