1. Metadata and the data lifecycle

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Supplemental Reading

You may wish to review the following publication prior to completing this assignment and cite them in your writeup:

Jones, A., Aanderud, Z. T., Horsburgh, J. S., Eiriksson, D., Dastrup, D., Cox, C., Jones, S. B., Bowling D. R., Carlisle, J., Carling, G. T., Baker M. A. (2017). Designing and Implementing a Network for Sensing Water Quality and Hydrology Across Mountain to Urban Transitions, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), http://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12557 Links to an external site..  You can download the file here Download here.

Spackman Jones, A., Horsburgh, J. S., Reeder, S. L., Ramirez, M., Caraballo, J. (2015). A data management and publication workflow for a large-scale, heterogeneous sensor network, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187:348, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4594-3. Links to an external site. You can download the file here Download here.

NOTE: The above papers were written before the iUTAH GAMUT Network transitioned to the Logan River Observatory, but still describes well the data collection and management infrastructure we are using.

Neilson, B. T., Tennant, H., Strong, P. A., & Horsburgh, J. S. (2021). Detailed streamflow data for understanding hydrologic responses in the Logan River Observatory, Hydrological Processes, 35(8), e14268. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14268 Links to an external site.. You can download the file here Download here.

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