CARIBOU - POKER CREEKS RESEARCH WATERSHED, INTERIOR ALASKA - BACKGROUND AND CURRENT STATUS

THE CARIBOU-POKER CREEKS RESEARCH WATERSHED WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1969 AS A SITE FOR COOPERATIVE, INTERAGENCY INVESTIGATION OF HYDROLOGIC AND RELATED ASPECTS OF A SUBARTIC ENVIRONMENT. THE RELATIVELY UNDISTURBED 40-SQUARE- MILE DRAINAGE BASIN INCLUDES BOTH PERMAFROST-DOMINATED AND NON-PERMAFROST WATERSHEDS, AND HAS A VARIETY OF VEGETATION COMMUNITIES. INITIAL RESEARCH IS DIRECTED TO FURTHERING UNDERSTANDING OF HYDROLOGIC BEHAVIOR OF NORTH-FACING (PERMAFROST) AND SOUTH-FACING (NON-PERMAFROST) BASINS IN THIS UPLAND SETTING. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 157, 11 PP, 3 FIG, 1 TAB, REFS, 1 APP
• Authors:
  • Slaughter, C W
• Publication Date: 1971-5

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Crrel Special Reports, Army Dept /US/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage basins; Ecology; Flow; Hydrologic phenomena; Hydrology; Research; Streamflow; Streams; Water resources; Watersheds
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrologic data
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204381
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM