Tanal Lake TAN01 High Elevation Monitoring - Temp and Level 2022

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

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Dataset Collection Organization Living Lakes Canada
Dataset Steward Email cbwaterhub@livinglakescanada.ca
Dataset Citation Heather Shaw. (2022). Tanal Lake TAN01 High Elevation Monitoring - temp and Level 2022 [Lake level and temperature].
Dataset Upload Year 2023
Dataset Earliest Record Start Date 2022-08-10
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 Tanal Lake in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, B.C. The lake sits at 1797 masl and is situated in the Engelmann Spruce - Subalpine Fir (ESSF) biogeoclimatic zone. It is fed by precipitation and snow melt and marks the headwaters of Enterprise Creek.
Dataset Type Lake
Dataset Keywords Climate,High Elevation,Hydrology,Lake,Lentic,Climate Change
Dataset Latitude 49.780292
Dataset Longitude -117.209034
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