Interpreting seasonal convective mixing in Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park, from temperature profiles observed by fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hausner, Mark B ^a   Wilson, Kevin P ^b   Gaines, D Bailey ^b   Tyler, Scott W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Death Valley National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE AQUIFER; CONVECTIVE MIXING; DEATH VALLEY; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR; FIELD CAMPAIGN; INSTRUMENT NOISE; MOJAVE DESERT; NATIONAL PARKS; NUTRIENT EXPORT; SEASONAL PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPORAL SCALE; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; FIBER OPTICS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; PARKS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CALIBRATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYPRINID; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD SUPPLY; MIXING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK; DEVILS HOLE; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINODON DIABOLIS;

EID: 84861164839     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010972     Document Type: Article

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