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Sapphire Lake Sap01 High-Elevation Monitoring - Temp and Level 2022

Long-term monitoring on Sapphire Lake was established in 2022 to track changes in water quality and quantity in the face of climate change.

Data and Resources

Field	Value
Dataset Collection Organization	Living Lakes Canada
Dataset Steward Email	cbwaterhub@livinglakescanada.ca
Dataset Citation	Heather Shaw. (2022).Sapphire Lake Sap01 High-Elevation Monitoring - Temp and Level 2022 [Temperature and Lake Level].
Dataset Upload Year	2023
Dataset Earliest Record Start Date	2022-08-15
Dataset Latest Record End Date	2022-10-07
Dataset Funding Description	This data collection was made possible with the support of the following funders: The Ministry of BC, the Alpine Club of Canada and Valhalla Mountain Touring.
Dataset Data Disclaimer
Other Data Sources	Data was QA/QC'd by MacHydro Consultants Ltd.
Brief description of dataset location	This data was collected at Sapphire Lake in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, B.C. The lake sits at 2263 masl and is situated in the Interior mountain-heather Alpine (IMA) biogeoclimatic zone. It is fed by precipitation and snow melt and marks the headwaters of Lemon Creek.
Dataset Type	Lake
Dataset Keywords	High Elevation,Hydrology,Lentic,Lake,Water Level,Water temperature,Climate Change
Dataset Latitude	49.751333
Dataset Longitude	-117.20766
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