Stability of Water Temperature Attributes Over a 20-Yr Period

The objective of this study was to determine if the stability of water temperature attributes suggested by an analysis conducted in 2003 (Larson and Larson 2001; 2003) was continued over a 20-yr period. The pattern of degree accumulations observed in the daily heating and cooling cycles of three str...

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Published inRangeland ecology & management Vol. 73; no. 6; pp. 772 - 775
Main Authors Larson, Larry, Larson, P. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lawrence the Society for Range Management 01.11.2020
Elsevier Inc
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Air sampling
Air temperature
Animal behavior
conservation practices
Cooling
Data collection
Discriminant analysis
Heat
Heating
OTHER PAPERS
Stability analysis
stream temperature
Streams
thermodynamics
Variance analysis
Vegetation
Water temperature
Watersheds
Oregon
conservation practices
thermodynamics
stream temperature
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Summary:The objective of this study was to determine if the stability of water temperature attributes suggested by an analysis conducted in 2003 (Larson and Larson 2001; 2003) was continued over a 20-yr period. The pattern of degree accumulations observed in the daily heating and cooling cycles of three streams in 1998, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018 were studied in Grant County, Oregon. The average air and water temperatures remained stable at each site and followed the expected natural patterns (Larson and Larson 2001) described in an earlier study. Within each sampling year, mean air and water temperature remained within 1–2°C and there were no significant differences between the rates of heating between the study years or between sites.
ISSN:1550-7424
1551-5028
DOI:10.1016/j.rama.2020.08.002