Data · collection
National Surface Water Survey (NSWS)
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
The "National Surface Water Survey (NSWS)" is a composite program aimed at monitoring the chemical characteristics of surface water in the United States.
Description
It includes the National Stream Survey, the Eastern Lake Survey, and the Western Stream Survey. The three programs are fairly similar in scope; they are all directly related to the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program.
The "National Stream Survey (NSS)" contains chemistry data, geographic attributes and watershed descriptive information on a target population of streams in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States. It contains also the results of a pilot stream survey conducted in the southern Blue Ridge Province. It objectives were to 1) determine the percentage, extent, location, and chemical characteristics of streams that were acidic or that had low acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) and thus might become acidic in the future; and 2) identify streams representative of important classes that might be selected for more intensive study or long-term monitoring.
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For the purpose of the NSS, streams were defined as water bodies that have drainage areas of less than 155 square kilometers (60 square miles), but large enough to be represented as blue lines on 1:225,000-scale U.S. Geological Survey USGS topographic maps. This size was viewed as a reasonable compromise that includes streams large enough to be important for fish habitat, yet small enough to be susceptible to the impacts of acidic deposition.
The "Eastern Lake Survey (ELS)" assessed the effects of acidic deposition on surface waters in the Northeastern United States, upper Midwest, the Southern Blueridge, and Florida. The "Western Lake Survey (WLS)" assessed the effects of deposition in Western United States. LANGUAGE: English ACCESS/AVAILABILITY: Data Center: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Dissemination Media: Hard copy (computer printouts, reports, journal publications), tape, diskettes, online File Format: Access Instructions: Contact the data center.
Size: Memory Requirements: Operating System: Hardware Required: Software Required: SAS Availability Status: On Request Documentation Available:
Links
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214607651-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214607651-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Acid Deposition · Acid Rain · Acid Rain · Contaminants · Freshwater Runoff · Infiltration · Lakes/Reservoirs · Marine Ecosystems · Not provided · Rivers/Stream · Rivers/Streams · Topographic Effects · Watershed Characteristics · Wetlands · Wetlands · Wetlands
Provenance · 1 source records, 22 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214607651-SCIOPS | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/precipitation/liquid-precipitation/rain/acid-rain | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/aquatic-ecosystems/wetlands | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/freshwater-ecosystems/rivers-stream | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/marine-ecosystems | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/wetlands | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/climate-indicators/terrestrial-hydrosphere-indicators/freshwater-runoff | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/environmental-impacts/acid-deposition | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/topography/topographic-effects | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/ground-water/ground-water-processes-measurements/infiltration | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/lakes-reservoirs | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/rivers-streams | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/wetlands | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/watershed-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/water-quality-water-chemistry/contaminants | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/water-quality-water-chemistry/contaminants/acid-rain | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |