# # # FILE_NAME: CHLORIDE.MULLANEY.ARCHIVAL_FILE_SUMMARY.TXT # DATASET_DESCRIPTION: These data sets were used as part of a study of chloride in # groundwater and surface water in areas underlain by the glacial aquifer system # DATA_SET FORMAT: Tab-delimited ascii file # DATA_SET URL: http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa-only/aq/data_archive/SIR2009_5086_Data.zip # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT TITLE: Mullaney, J.R., Lorenz, D.L., Arntson, A.D., 2009, Chloride in groundwater and surface water in areas underlain by the glacial aquifer system, northern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5086, 41 p. # REPORT SERIES/NUMBER (JOURNAL NAME/VOLUME): USGS Scientific Investigation Report (SIR 2009-5086) # REPORT URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5086/ # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # NAWQA STUDY: Prinicipal Aquifers, Glacial Aquifer System # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # METADATA DATE: September 9, 2009 # METADATA CONTACT: John Mullaney # U.S. Geological Survey # Connecticut Water Science Center # 101 Pitkin Street # East Hartford, CT 06108 # voice: 860-291-6760 # fax: 860-291-6799 # email: jmullane@usgs.gov # SECONDARY CONTACT: # # # # # voice: # fax: # email: # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # DATA_SET NAMES: # # The following files document and archive the data sets used for producing this report. Brief descriptions of # each of these report archival files follow. # # Directory groundwater: # chloride.gw.drinkingH2O.txt # chloride.gw.lu.txt # # Directory surface_water: # chloride.sw.qw.txt # chloride.sw.q.txt # chloride.sw.load.output.txt # # Directory statistics: # chloride.sw.anc.txt # # Spatial data: # cldepkgha # cl_ro_clip # hu8time # cl_tons_94_03 # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: chloride.gw.drinkingH2O.txt # # This data set contains groundwater quality and ancillary data modified from a data set # retrieved from from the NAWQA Internal Data Warehouse # (http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/pls/nawqa_www) on Sept. 16, 2005. This subset includes # data from drinking-water wells in the glacial aquifer system. Data used in USGS SIR # 2009-5086, Chloride in groundwater and surface water in areas underlain by the glacial aquifer system, northern United States # # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: chloride.gw.lu.txt # # This data set contains groundwater quality data and ancillary data modified from a data set # retrieved from from the NAWQA Internal Data Warehouse # (http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/pls/nawqa_www) on Sept. 16, 2005. This subset includes # data from land-use wells in the glacial aquifer system. Data used in USGS SIR # 2009-5086, Chloride in groundwater and surface water in areas underlain by the glacial # aquifer system, northern United States # # # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: chloride.sw.qw.txt # # This data set contains surface water-quality data modified from data sets # retrieved from from NWISweb (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/nwis) on # approximately July 19,2004 and May 31, 2007. Data used in USGS SIR 2009-5086, # Chloride in groundwater and surface water in areas underlain by the glacial aquifer # system, northern United States # # # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: chloride.sw.q.txt # # # This data set contains mean daily discharge data used in chloride load analysis modified # from a data set retrieved from from NWISweb (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/nwis) # on approximately July 19,2004 and May 31, 2007. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: chloride.sw.load.output.txt # # This file contains load output for chloride from the program loadest, using data in files # archive files chloride.sw.qw.txt and chloride.sw.q.txt. The file contains information on # chloride yield. Data used in USGS SIR 2009-5086, Chloride in groundwater and surface water # in areas underlain by the glacial aquifer system, northern United States # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: chloride.sw.anc.txt # This data set contains water quality data and modified data used in the subject # report used plot maximum measured chloride concentrations, and base-flow concentrations # of chloride. The data set includes chloride yield data (as previously described in # dataset 'chloride.sw.load.output.txt'). This data set includes ancillary # data used to develop two regression models in the report, one to describe variations # in maximum measured chloride concentration (water years 1993-2004), and the second # one to describe the variability chloride yields (water years 1993-2003). Chloride # yields represent the average yield of the output for each surface-water quality site # from file 'chloride.sw.load.output.txt' Data used in USGS SIR 2009-5086, Chloride in # groundwater and surface water in areas underlain by the glacial aquifer system, # northern United States # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: cldepkgha # Mean chloride deposition 1994-2002. Gridded data from the # National Acid Deposition Network were averaged. Units are in kilograms # per hectare. This layer was used to create cl_ro_clip # Purpose: This layer was developed for Report SIR 2009-5086 to help # identify chloride contributions from atmospheric deposition to # concentrations in groudnwater and surface water. #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: cl_ro_clip # This data set was used to get some estimation of the background # average chloride concentrations in streams 1994-2002 in the U.S. based on # regional runoff data (hu8time) and chloride wet deposition # data (cldepkgha) . The data is clipped to the galcial aquifer system # boundary in the US. These data sets were used as part of a study of # chloride in groundwater and surface water in areas underlain by the # glacial aquifer system. This data was used in figure 4 of the subject # report U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5086, # 41 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5086/ #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: hu8time # This data set was used to help with calculating chloride in # surface water and groundwater 1994-1002. The original data were obtained # from Dave Wolock and covers the time period 1900-2002. The average # runoff 1994-2002 was caclulated specifically for this report # U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5086 # ( http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5086/ ) and was used to create the # cl_ro_clip raster data set. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # REPORT ARCHIVAL DATA SET: cl_tons_94_03 # Spatial data showing mean chloride deposition 1994-2003. Gridded # data from the # National Acid Deposition Network were averaged. Units are in tons/square # mile. This layer was developed for Report SIR 2009-5086 to help # identify chloride contributions from atmospheric deposition to # concentrations in groudnwater and surface water and was used in the # report as figure 3. #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------