Title: Heterogenous runoff trends in peatland-dominated basins throughout the circumpolar North
Citation: Mack, M. (2021). Data and code used for the paper titled, "Heterogenous runoff trends in peatland-dominated basins throughout the circumpolar North." GitHub, https://github.com/p3atmack/circumpolar-peatland-runoff-trends
Study Site: Northern Canada
Purpose: The hydrological implications of discontinuous permafrost thaw in peatland-dominated basins are not well understood. While there is evidence suggesting that permafrost-thaw-driven land cover change increases annual runoff and the runoff ratio in the Taiga Plains of northwestern Canada, few studies have evaluated the impact on small to medium sized basins (<105 km2) outside this ecoregion. Here, we assess runoff, runoff ratio, and precipitation trends for 34 peatland-dominated basins, of which 28 are in the discontinuous and sporadic permafrost zones and 6 in adjacent permafrost-free environments
Abstract: Input CSV files for each basin's raw runoff data. The rmd file codes for each basin's data preparation, calculating basin/ecoregion descriptive statistics, Mann-Kendall and Theil-Sen trend analyses, creation of results dataframes, and creation of paper figures 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
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Status: Complete
Keywords:
hydrology,
meteorology,
remote sensing,
Geographical coordinates: North: 61.61, South: 52.79 East: -79.01 West: -121.58
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 1969-10-01, End
Date: 2016-09-30
