{"id":101,"date":"2015-03-12T23:49:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2015-03-12T23:49:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:49:47","slug":"temperature-loggers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=101","title":{"rendered":"Temperature Loggers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using temperature to trace flow patterns is an inexpensive, yet effective method in hydrology research. Since groundwater carries heat, temperature works as a method of tracing groundwater-stream water interactions and subsurface flow paths (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geology.wisc.edu\/~andy\/GW_Heat%20as%20a%20Tracer.pdf\">Anderson 2005<\/a>). Comparing temperature fluctuations and patterns across varying locations and depths below surface can indicate the flow paths moisture takes during and\/or after precipitation events. Temperature also has an effect on hydraulic conductivity and infiltration; two hydrologic properties that can be studied using heat tracers. In research involving the interaction between ground and stream water, temperature is indicative of gaining and loosing reaches. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geology.wisc.edu\/~andy\/GW_Heat%20as%20a%20Tracer.pdf\">M. P. Anderson<\/a> has written a detailed article on the importance and effectiveness of using temperature as a groundwater tracer.<br \/>\nFor details on how to install temperature loggers click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using temperature to trace flow patterns is an inexpensive, yet effective method in hydrology research. Since groundwater carries heat, temperature works as a method of tracing groundwater-stream water interactions and subsurface flow paths (Anderson 2005). Comparing temperature fluctuations and patterns across varying locations and depths below surface can indicate the flow paths moisture takes during &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=101\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Temperature Loggers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7rmFU-1D","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}