For a list of MCM LTER Principal Investigators . This table contains data pertaining to periodic water quality parameters measured with hand meters on streams in this region. Although the majority of the streams in the study are found in Taylor Valley, data has also been collected from streams in the nearby Miers, Alph, Wright, Pearse, Garwood, and Victoria Valleys. An extensive network of gauging stations was set up throughout these valleys to monitor the stream hydrology. Field meter stream measurements are taken in close proximity to these stations.
Locations thus remain consistent from season to season.
Specific latitudes and longitudes for each stream gauge can be found in the stream gauge locations table of this web site. Discharge values were derived from either visual estimates or portable cutthroat flumes. In the case of the flumes, a flat area with smooth bottom and a clean getaway would be chosen. The flume would then be set into the ground, and sand wingwalls built up in front to channel all the flow into the flume. After waiting long enough to assure that the storage capacity of the upstream reservoir was full, a reading was made inside the flume to determine discharge.