Section 3 Data Sources
3.1 Covariate Datasets
3.1.1 Catchment Delineation
The stream temperature model uses the National Hydrography Dataset High Resolution Delineation Version 2 (NHDHRDV2) catchment delineation.
Shapefiles of the catchments can be downloaded from: https://ecosheds.github.io/necd/catchment-delineation.html
The spatial_XX.zip files contain pre-staged datasets for each HUC2 region (e.g. spatial_01.zip contains the catchments for the HUC2 region 01).
3.1.2 Climate Data
Daily air temperature and precipitation were obtained from the Daymet V3 gridded estimates of daily weather parameters for North America. The raw Daymet datasets (NetCDF4 files) were processed using the code in walkerjeffd/sheds-daymet.
3.1.3 Geospatial Characteristics
Geospatial characteristics of each catchment were generated using the code in basinCharacteristics. More information can be found on the SHEDS GIS Data page.
3.2 Stream Temperature Observations
Temperature observations extractd from the SHEDS Stream Temperature Database, which contains data uploaded from numerous state and federal agencies, universities, and non-profit organizations.
3.2.1 Data Summary
The following table summarizes the number of monitoring stations, deployments, and total observations for each agency and organization.
| Agency ID | Agency Description | # Stations | # Deployments | # Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARWC | Androscoggin River Watershed Council | 44 | 18 | 0 |
| AsRA | Ausable River Association | 18 | 9 | 0 |
| BCDEPS | Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability | 28 | 23 | 0 |
| BSP | Baxter State Park | 184 | 11 | 0 |
| CTDEEP | CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection | 5,064 | 1,128 | 0 |
| CTVOLMON | CT Volunteer Monitoring | 808 | 324 | 0 |
| FRITSCHIE | Keith Fritschie, Dartmouth | 67 | 67 | 0 |
| GOMRHN | Gulf of Maine River Herring Network | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| HAYDEN | Michael Hayden | 75 | 7 | 0 |
| HBM | Houlton Band of Malisset | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| HCSWCD | Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District | 19 | 10 | 0 |
| HMF | Hopkins Memorial Forest | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| HVA_BERKSHIRE | Housatonic Valley Association, Berkshires | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| JMU | James Madison University | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| MADEP | MA Department of Environmental Protection | 1,768 | 548 | 0 |
| MAFW | MA Fish and Wildlife | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| MAFW_RQ | MA Division of Fish and Wildlife, Rebecca Quinones | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| MBSS | Maryland Biological Stream Survey | 474 | 474 | 0 |
| MEDEP | ME Department of Environmental Protection | 1,368 | 544 | 0 |
| MEDMR | Maine Department of Marine Resources | 57 | 29 | 0 |
| MEDOT | ME Department of Transportation | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| MEIFW | ME Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 290 | 158 | 0 |
| ME_MC | Midcoast Conservancy | 29 | 17 | 0 |
| MRWC | Miller’s River Watershed Council | 38 | 18 | 0 |
| NHDES | NH Department of Environmental Services | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| NHFG | NH Department of Fish and Game | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| NJDEP | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| NJDFW | NJ Dept of Environmental Protection, Div of Fish and Wildlife | 154 | 154 | 0 |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 292 | 29 | 0 |
| NPS_SNHA | National Park Service, Susquehanna National Heritage Area | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| NPS_UDR | National Park Service, Upper Delaware River | 20 | 16 | 0 |
| NRWA | Nashua River Watershed Association | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| NYDEC | NY Department of Environmental Conservation | 1,110 | 444 | 0 |
| OARS | OARS | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| PINDNR | Penobscot Indian Nation Department of Natural Resources | 84 | 37 | 0 |
| PSU | Plymouth State University | 134 | 117 | 0 |
| RIDEM | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management | 225 | 175 | 0 |
| SRBC | Susquehanna River Basin Commission | 351 | 60 | 0 |
| SRCC | Saco River Corridor Commission | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| SVWA | Southeastern Vermont Watershed Alliance | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| TNC_NJ | The Nature Conservancy, New Jersey | 46 | 15 | 0 |
| TU | Trout Unlimited | 22 | 12 | 0 |
| TU_ADK | Trout Unlimited, Adirondacks | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| TU_AF | Trout Unlimited, Art Flick Chapter | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| TU_CLEARWATER | Trout Unlimited, Clearwater Chapter | 61 | 30 | 0 |
| TU_DW | Trout Unlimited, Deerfield Watershed | 35 | 13 | 0 |
| TU_HOME | Trout Unlimited, Homewaters Chapter | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| TU_HR | Trout Unlimited, Housatonic River | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| TU_KV | Trout Unlimited, Kennebec Valley | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| TU_MMB | Trout Unlimited, Merry Meeting Bay | 81 | 21 | 0 |
| TU_NJ | Trout Unlimited, New Jersey Chapter | 62 | 62 | 0 |
| TU_NY | Trout Unlimited, New York Chapter | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| UMAINE | University of Maine | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| UMASS_USGS | UMass USGS Cooperative Unit | 505 | 179 | 0 |
| UNITY | Unity College | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| USFS | US Forest Service | 521 | 136 | 0 |
| USFS_SRS | US Forest Service Southern Research Station | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| USFWS_LGL | US Fish and Wildlife Service, Lower Great Lakes FWCO | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| USFWS_ME | US Fish and Wildlife Service, Maine Field Office | 470 | 336 | 0 |
| USFWS_MNWR | US Fish and Wildlife Service, Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey | 310 | 57 | 0 |
| USGS_BRD | US Geological Survey BRD | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| USGS_Conte | USGS S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Lab | 383 | 84 | 0 |
| USGS_Leetown | USGS Leetown Science Center | 115 | 114 | 0 |
| USGS_POTOMAC | USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center, Potomac Watershed | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| VAHUDY | VA HUDY | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| VTFWD | VT Fish and Wildlife Department | 489 | 421 | 0 |
| WVDEP | West Virginia, Dept. of Environmental Protection | 68 | 42 | 0 |
| WVDNR | WV Department of Natural Resources | 214 | 214 | 0 |