Hydrology Data from Six Stations at Wax Lake Delta, Oct 2014 - Aug 2015

October 2014 to August 2015 high-frequency measurements from six monitoring platforms at the Wax Lake Delta in Louisiana. The dataset, associated with Louisiana State University's Delta Dynamics Observatory, includes water depth, temperature, turbidity, velocity, and salinity. Data points are listed as NAN when instruments did not record or values were erroneous.

Use Cases

• Modeling hydrological connectivity in deltaic systems based on water depth and velocity measurements.
• Analyzing sediment transport and water clarity patterns based on turbidity data.
• Studying salinity intrusion and mixing in coastal environments based on salinity and temperature records.
• Calibrating or validating hydrodynamic models for the Mississippi River Delta region using the multi-station observational data.

Strengths

• Data spans 11 months from October 2014 to August 2015, providing a substantial temporal snapshot.
• Measurements are from six distinct monitoring stations, offering spatial coverage within the delta.
• Parameters include multiple key hydrologic variables: water depth, temperature, velocity, turbidity, and salinity.
• Linked to a peer-reviewed publication (Christensen et al., 2020), providing scientific context and validation.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Louisiana State University's Delta Dynamics Observatory (Twilley Lab)

Collection Method

High-frequency in-situ monitoring from six fixed platforms.

Time Range

October 2014 - August 2015

Geography

Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA (near Morgan City, LA)