This readme file was generated on 16 June 2025 by Brandon A. Yokeley

# GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Dataset: Runoff and hillslope responses in variably channelized Arctic hillslope systems

## Author/Principal Investigator Information
Name: Brandon Yokeley
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4167-1895
Institution: Idaho State University
Address: 
Email: brandonyokeley@isu.edu

## Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information
Name: Sarah Godsey
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6529-7886
Institution: Idaho State University
Address: 
Email: godsey@isu.edu


## Date of data collection: May, 2022 - August 2024 
## Geographic location of data collection: Three hillslope water sheds near Toolik Field Station in Alaska, USA (149.381° W 68.617° N)
## Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation (EAR-2102338, EAR-2235308, EAR-2102342, and EAR-1653998)


# SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

Additional sources for base data:
ArcticDEM strip (Date: September 27 2021) for watershed delineation - https://fridge.pgc.umn.edu/

Recommended citation for this dataset: 
Yokeley, B., S. Godsey, S. G. Evans, A. Mohammed (2025). Runoff and hillslope responses in variably channelized Arctic hillslope systems, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/27b93ab856994e8485096fc591df5041


# DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

## File List:
data_folder/discharge_data - Contains a csv file for discharge at TGC1 and TGC2. 
data_folder/water_level_data - Contains three csv files for water level data at each study site. For this data, any dates with no water level data indicate no recordable water within the well (i.e. a dry well). For these files Wl - Grd [cm] is the water level relative to the land surface, with negative values indicated below the landsurface, and positive values representing ponded water at the surface. Site and Well Loc are the site and well location respectively. 
data_folder/soil_moisture_data - Contains the uncalibrated continuous soil moisture data. To convert to calibrated soil moisture use the following equation: 2.167 *  ^ (1.5063)
data_folder/precipitation_data - Contains the liquid precipitation data in for TGC1 and TGC2/TGC3.   
data_folder/misc_files - Contains an Excel file that has all of the delineated storm events, hillslope saturation data (percantage of time the hillslope wells contained water), runoff storm events, watershed areas, and hillslope well information. There are column descriptors for each sheet within their respective excel files.  
data_folder/python_scripts - Contains all the nessaracy python scripts to process this data. 


# METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

## Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
All data was collected between May 2023 and August 2024. Water level data was captured using 2 in fully screened PVC wells that were installed to refusal in August 2022, and instrumented with sealed pressure transducers.  


## Methods for processing the data: 
The data provided here can be processed using the included pythons scripts. 

## Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: 
Python 3.9 - Packages include: Pandas, Numpy, SciPy, Seaborn, Matplotlib, Datetime, and Seaborn