INFRASTRUCTURE
CZOs build state-of-art research infrastructure for the greater CZ science community.
We then use that infrastructure to test our own hypotheses and conceptual models.
Drilling continous cores and wells in the Spring Brook Catchment. Photo: Beth Wenell.
Infrastructure News
FEATURED
New wells to provide critical zone data
03 Aug 2012 - A major research effort was underway the last week of July 2012, led by the faculty and students of the Christina River Basin Critical Zone...
Critical Zone Observatory Sensor Blog Launched
04 Dec 2012 - Steve Hicks, Stroud Water Research Center’s research engineer, has launched a blog aimed at sharing wireless sensor network ideas, designs,...
Educators Learn Sensors With Open-Source Electronics
26 Mar 2012 - Teacher workshop trains educators how to build and use environmental sensors in the classroom
Open-Source Sensor Keynote to PA Conservation District Watershed Specialists
14 Oct 2011 - Anthony Aufdenkampe and Steve Hicks presented “Wireless Sensor Networks for Watershed Assessment – Emerging Technologies" to PA Watershed Specialists
Stroud Scientists at Work: Scientists Tour Critical Zone Observatories
15 Sep 2011 - Local bow hunters and about 80 water research scientists from Europe, North America, China, and Australia were among the few humans braving the...
Field Areas:
Christina River Basin
1440 km2, -0.75-329 m elevation, 12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
The 6th order Christina River Basin (CRB, 1440 km2), consists of 4 sub-watersheds: White Clay Creek (WCC, 277 km2); Red Clay Creek (RCC, 140 km2); Brandywine Creek (BC, 842 km2); and the tidal Christina River (CR, 202 km2) — that straddle southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware and flow into the Delaware Estuary.
White Clay Creek @ SWRC
7.5 km2, 91-168 m elevation, 12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Forest Endmember: Spring Brook
0.096 km2, 80-154 m elevation, 12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Agricultural Endmember: South Branch Doe Run
0.69 km2, 138-195 m elevation, 12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Construction Endmember: White Clay Creek below landfill
1.3 km2, 138-200 m elevation, 12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Lower White Clay Creek
12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Riparian Buffer Experiment @ Stroud Preserve/Georgia Farm
12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Halfway Run
0.145 km2, 87-127 m elevation, 12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Morris Run
0.149 km2, 79-116 m elevation, 12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Mine Hill Run
0.341 km2, 78-119 m elevation, 12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Other Research Sites in CRB
12 °C, 1145 mm/yr
Satellite sites
The "sapprolite to sea" approach of the CRB-CZO requires inclusion of coastal and other sites outside of the Christina River Basin.
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