Concepts
69 concepts
snow water equivalent
The depth of water that would result from melting the snowpack, quantified as peak snow water equivalent and snow disappearance rate
dissolved organic matter
Major form of organic carbon across aquatic ecosystems, fueling stream metabolism and mediating key biogeochemical processes
metal concentrations
CO2 flux
pH
dissolved oxygen
porosity
water table depths
metagenome-assembled genome
Genomic bins reconstructed from metagenomic sequencing data representing individual microbial taxa
transit time distributions
sensible heat flux
specific conductance
concentration-discharge relationships
hydraulic gradient
discharge
porewater chemistry
Chemical composition of water occupying soil pore spaces, indicating mobility of dissolved constituents
scattering
water year
October through September annual cycle used for water resource analysis
potential evapotranspiration
An approximation of non-water stressed evapotranspiration calculated using energy-only methods from net radiation estimates
stable water isotopes
Naturally occurring isotopes of hydrogen (²H) and oxygen (¹⁸O) in water molecules used to trace water sources and movement through soil-plant systems
groundwater residence time distributions
Distributions that provide fundamental insights on hydrological processes within watersheds by describing how long water spends underground
subsurface discharge
CO2
connectedness
baseflow age distributions
chronological age
current velocity
Speed of water flow in streams, affecting nutrient movement and algal composition
depth distributions
iron oxides
mass balance
subsurface water storage
The amount of water stored in soil and subsurface compartments that responds dynamically to hydrological inputs and outputs
transcriptomics
The study of the complete set of RNA transcripts produced by the genome under specific circumstances
drag coefficient
environmental tracer concentrations
inorganic carbon
nutrient acquisition depth
Vertical distribution of plant nutrient uptake from soil surface through saprolite to bedrock
principal component analysis
87Sr/86Sr ratios
FTICR-MS
Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry for ultrahigh-resolution molecular characterization