You're currently viewing an old version of this dataset. To see the current version, click here.
Sapphire Lake Sap01 High-Elevation Monitoring
Temperature and lake level data. Long-term monitoring of temperature and the lake level was established in 2022. The aim of long-term monitoring is to track changes in lake level and temperature in response to climate change and its impacts.
Heather Shaw. (2022).Sapphire Lake Sap01 High-Elevation Monitoring [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
