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  • A hierarchical model of daily stream temperature using air-water temperature synchronization, autocorrelation, and time lags

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

    ABSTRACT Water temperature is a primary driver of stream ecosystems and commonly forms the basis of stream classifications. Robust models of stream temperature are critical as the climate changes, but estimating daily stream temperature poses several important challenges. We developed a statistical model that accounts for many challenges that can make stream temperature estimation difficult. Our model identifies the yearly period when air and water temperature are synchronized, accommodates hysteresis, incorporates time lags, deals with missing data and autocorrelation and can include external drivers. In a small stream network, the model performed well (RMSE D 0:59 °C), identified a clear warming trend (0.63 °C decade-1) and a widening of the synchronized period (29 d decade-1). We also carefully evaluated how missing data influenced predictions. Missing data within a year had a small effect on performance (~0.05% average drop in RMSE with 10% fewer days with data). Missing all data for a year decreased performance (~0.6 °C jump in RMSE), but this decrease was moderated when data were available from other streams in the network.

    Citation: Letcher et al. (2016), A hierarchical model of daily stream temperature using air-water temperature synchronization, autocorrelation, and time lags. PeerJ 4:e1727; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1727

    This project was co-funded by the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative and Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center. An alternate reference to this product can be found here: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/56d96027e4b015c306f726ad.

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    Metadata Date September 26, 2018
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) 2018-06-20T14:15:27+00:00 (creation), 2018-06-26T13:14:26+00:00 (lastUpdate), 2016 (publication)
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    Resource Type Publication
    Metadata Date September 26, 2018
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) 2018-06-20T14:15:27+00:00 (creation), 2018-06-26T13:14:26+00:00 (lastUpdate), 2016 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Principal Investigator); Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (Collaborator); North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (Point of Contact)
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    Temporal Extent Begin 2016-01-01T05:00:00.000+00:00
    Temporal Extent End 2016-01-01T05:00:00.000+00:00

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