Airborne thermal infrared imagery and longitudinal stream temperature profiles, Hat Creek, California, August 2018

Publication Date

2021-03-31

Start Date

2018-08-24

End Date

2018-08-25

Curtis, J.A., Torgersen, C.E., Diabat, M., Mejia, F.H., Marcelli, M.F., Burns, E.R., Wheelock, S.J., and Slotke, A., 2021, Airborne thermal infrared imagery and longitudinal stream temperature profiles, Hat Creek, California, August 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DMJYT7.

Type: Related Primary Publication

This data release contains raster mosaics of radiant temperatures of the water surface and vector point shapefiles of longitudinal stream temperature profiles created as part of a U.S. Geological Survey study to assess spatial patterns of groundwater discharge. The intended uses of these data include, but are not limited to, assessments of thermal heterogeneity, sources of cold-water discharge, and geologic controls on surface-water and groundwater interactions within the Hat Creek basin. Hat Creek is a tributary to the Pit River located in northeastern California. Discharge from cold-water springs contributes ~10% of the average annual flow to the Pit River, which flows into Shasta Reservoir and represents an integral component of the Central Valley Project and California’s surface-water supply. The Hat Creek study is part of a larger regional groundwater study for the Northwest Volcanic Aquifer Study Area (NVASA) funded by the USGS Water Availability and Use Study Program (WAUSP) https://www.usgs.gov/centers/or-water/science/hydrogeologic-and-geothermal-conditions-northwest-volcanic-aquifers?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects.

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• USGS California Water Science Center
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