Lundquist et al. (2025) Temperature, Humidity, and Time-Lapse Video Data from the East River Watershed, Water Years 2024 and 2025

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Identification

• Journal: Open MIND
• Year: 2025
• Date: 2025-11-19
• Authors: Lundquist, Jessica, Carroll, Rosemary, Gutmann, Ethan, Cramblitt, John, Elovitz, Gus
• DOI: 10.15485/3001338

Research Groups

• University of Washington (Jessica Lundquist)
• Desert Research Institute (Rosemary Carroll)
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (Ethan Gutmann)

Short Summary

This paper presents a comprehensive dataset of time-lapse imagery and distributed measurements of air temperature, relative humidity, dew point, and soil temperature collected across the East River basin from October 2023 to August 2025 to support studies of surface climate and hydrologic processes in complex terrain.

Objective

• To provide a high-resolution, distributed dataset of surface climate and soil conditions, along with time-lapse imagery, to facilitate research on surface climate and hydrologic processes in complex mountain environments.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: 19 instrumented sites across the East River basin, with time-lapse cameras at three specific sites (AP BONUS, AP5, EL2).
• Temporal Scale: 3 October 2023 to 8 August 2025 (approximately 22 months).

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Not applicable (data collection paper).
• Data sources:
  • Low-cost data loggers for distributed measurements of air temperature, relative humidity, dew point, and soil temperature.
  • Time-lapse cameras for imagery of large-scale seasonal snow cover variability and smaller-scale snow patterns.
  • Instruments deployed 2 m high on evergreen trees or buried just below the soil surface.

Main Results

• A new, extensive dataset comprising time-lapse imagery and distributed measurements of air temperature, relative humidity, dew point, and soil temperature has been successfully collected and published.
• The dataset covers 19 sites within the East River basin over a period of nearly two years, providing valuable information on surface climate and snow dynamics in complex terrain.

Contributions

• Provides a unique, high-resolution, and spatially distributed dataset of surface climate and snow conditions specifically tailored for complex mountain terrain.
• Enables future research and modeling efforts focused on understanding seasonal cycles, snow hydrology, and surface-atmosphere interactions in challenging environments.

Funding

• DOE Grant: Seasonal Cycles Unravel Mysteries of Missing Mountain Water

Citation

@article{Lundquist2025Temperature,
  author = {Lundquist, Jessica and Carroll, Rosemary and Gutmann, Ethan and Cramblitt, John and Elovitz, Gus},
  title = {Temperature, Humidity, and Time-Lapse Video Data from the East River Watershed, Water Years 2024 and 2025},
  journal = {Open MIND},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.15485/3001338},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.15485/3001338}
}