Dataset

Daily rainfall, stream discharge and hydraulic conductivity of soils from catchments dominated by different vegetation types, Western Ghats, India, 2014-2016

WaterIndiaEnvironmental Information Data Centre

Dataset Objective

To assess the impact of land cover on rain-runoff response, carbon sequestration and nutrient and sediment discharge.

Context

The data were collected as part of a series of eco-hydrology projects that explored the impact of land cover on rain-runoff response, carbon sequestration and nutrient and sediment discharge.

What is included

This dataset contains the daily rainfall, stream discharge and hydraulic conductivity of soils from catchments (inhabited by shola, grassland, pine and wattle) located in the Upper Nilgiris Reserve Forest in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Collection Methods

Tipping bucket wired rain gauges were used to measure rainfall. Stream discharge was measured from stilling wells and capacitance probe-based water level recorders. A mini-disk infiltrometer was used to measure the hydraulic conductivity of soils.