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  6. Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Contact Time

Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Contact Time

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1997

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Wieczorek, M.E., Jackson, S.E., and Schwarz, G.E., 2018, Select Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Reach Catchments and Modified Network Routed Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States (ver. 4.0, August 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7765D7V.

Summary

This tabular data set represents contact time, the length of time it takes for water to drain along subsurface flow paths to the stream, compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) individual reach catchments and 2) reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network. This dataset can be linked to the NHDPlus version 2 data suite by the unique identifier COMID. The source data for contact time was produced by Dave Wolock, (USGS, written communication, 2014) and based on the methods outlined in Wolock and others (1997). Units are days. Contact time is computed from basin topography, soil porosity, and soil hydraulic conductivity. Reach catchment [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Michael E Wieczorek, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center
Originator :
Michael E Wieczorek, Shannon E Jackson, Gregory E Schwarz
Metadata Contact :
Michael E Wieczorek
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
SDC Data Owner :
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

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NHDV2_CONTACT_CONUS.xml
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NHDV2_CONTACT_CONUS.xml
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CONTACT_CONUS.zip 22.89 MB application/zip
56f96fc5e4b0a6037df06b12_acc.parquet 22.12 MB application/octet-stream
56f96fc5e4b0a6037df06b12_cat.parquet 19.89 MB application/octet-stream
56f96fc5e4b0a6037df06b12_tot.parquet 22.2 MB application/octet-stream

Purpose

This data set was created by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment Project (NAWQA) which is part of the USGS National Water Quality Program (NWQP). This effort was undertaken to estimate the contact time for NHDPlusV2 flowline catchments and upstream river networks to support statistical analysis, map display, and model parameterization.

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