20 Year Daily Average Modeled Velocity and Discharge for Openwater Season at Five Communities on Kuskokwim River, Alaska

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This dataset includes modeled velocity and discharge at five communities in the middle Kuskokwim River region: Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Red Devil and Stony River. Modeled velocities and discharge represent daily averages calculated for the openwater season (OWS) from June 1 - October 18 over the 20 year period 2000-2019 using the raw data described below and included in this archive; full details of methodology are described in (Brown et al. submitted to Renewable Energy). Raw data inputs to inform the modeling process include in-situ measurements of 1) discharge with an acoustic Doppler current meter (ADCP, 600kHz Workhorse Rio Grande by Teledyne RD Instruments) and a global positioning receiver (GPS, Trimble 5700, 5800 and R8) utilizing Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS mode over 1-2 days at each site in 2009 or 2010 (Ravens 2014), and 2) river stage with a water level logger (HOBO U20-001-01 by Onset) over 2-9 weeks at each site (Ravens 2014), 3) in addition to a 20 year long-term discharge record collected at the USGS stream gage site in Crooked Creek (USGS 2016). Raw data (discharge and stage) are included in this archive for two additional communities: Lower Kalskag and Sleetmute, where modeled velocities were not calculated due to equipment failure or loss. The USGS stream gage data at Crooked Creek (USGS 2016) and stream gage methodology (Turnipseed and Sauer 2010) are publicly available online, so the data are not duplicated here.

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57 Modeled velocity and discharge at five communities in the middle Kuskokwim River region of Alaska, USA: Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Red Devil and Stony River. Modeled velocities and discharge represent daily averages calculated for the openwater season (OWS) from June 1 - October 18 over the 20 year period 2000-2019. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/460/Modelled_v1.zip
57 Raw data from Aniak on the Kuskokwim River, Alaska includes: discharge measured by an ADCP (600kHz Workhorse Rio Grande by Teledyne RDI) and stage measured with a water level logger (HOBO U20-001-01 by Onset) in 2009. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/460/Aniak_v1.zip
57 Raw data from Chuathbaluk on the Kuskokwim River, Alaska includes: discharge measured by an ADCP (600kHz Workhorse Rio Grande by Teledyne RDI) and stage measured with a water level logger (HOBO U20-001-01 by Onset) in 2009. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/460/Chuathbaluk_v1.zip
57 Raw data from Stony River on the Kuskokwim River, Alaska includes: discharge measured by an ADCP (600kHz Workhorse Rio Grande by Teledyne RDI) and stage measured with a water level logger (HOBO U20-001-01 by Onset) in 2010. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/460/Stony_River_v1.zip
57 Raw data from Lower Kalskag on the Kuskokwim River, Alaska includes: discharge measured by an ADCP (600kHz Workhorse Rio Grande by Teledyne RDI) and stage measured with a water level logger (HOBO U20-001-01 by Onset) in 2009. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/460/Lower_Kalskag_v1.zip
57 Raw data from Crooked Creek on the Kuskokwim River, Alaska includes: discharge measured by an ADCP (600kHz Workhorse Rio Grande by Teledyne RDI) in 2010. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/460/Crooked_Creek_v1.zip
57 Raw data from Red Devil on the Kuskokwim River, Alaska includes: discharge measured by an ADCP (600kHz Workhorse Rio Grande by Teledyne RDI) and stage measured with a water level logger (HOBO U20-001-01 by Onset) in 2010. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/460/Red%20Devil_v1.zip
57 Raw data from Sleetmute on the Kuskokwim River, Alaska includes: discharge measured by an ADCP (600kHz Workhorse Rio Grande by Teledyne RDI) in 2010. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/460/Sleetmute_v1.zip
33 This document details specifics on the project, file organization, different types of data, and other relevant information and work. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/460/Details.pdf

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  • cec
  • alaska
  • processed-data
  • hydrokinetic
  • discharge
  • stony-river
  • adcp
  • mhk
  • river
  • lower-kalskag
  • chuathbaluk
  • water-velocity
  • river-characterization
  • red-devil
  • power
  • sleetmute
  • usa
  • characterization
  • acoustic-doppler-current-profiler
  • teledyne-workhorse-rio-grande
  • kuskokwim-river
  • aniak
  • current-energy-converter
  • raw-data
  • resource
  • crooked-creek
  • energy

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