linnearock/mendotawatershed_salinityregimes

MendotaWatershed_SalinityRegimes

Data and code for assessing salinity (chloride) regimes in the tributaries of Lake Mendota.

Authors: Linnea Rock, Hilary Dugan

Folders:

Code: Contains .R files to run analyses and make figures. Run 00_DataLoad.R before running any figure or table scripts.

Data: Contains raw conductivity and chloride data from the 5 tributaries monitored December 2019 - April 2021, and scripts needed to format data. Data published on EDI under DOI:10.6073/pasta/7134f06cd0af9b289030a9886f7ad83d. Contains discharge data from the USGS, including download script. Contains preciptation data downloaded from the National Centers for Environmental Information National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and long-term chloride concentration data in Lake Mendota from Public Health Dane County and Madison. Additionally, folder contains RDS files with cQ slopes calculated in Code/cQ_Slope_Calculations.R script.

Figures: Contains manuscript figures.

GIS: Contains GIS shapefiles.