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EM Identity and Description
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Document Author
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Nedkov, S., Burkhard, B. |
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Document Year
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2012 |
Variable General Info
| Coefficient of soil hydraulic permeability | Interception rate | Percentage of water impermeable surfaces | Ruggedness coefficient | Slope inclination | Watershed channels | Watershed overland flow planes | |
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Variable ID
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1896 | 1895 | 1894 | 1893 | 1892 | 1726 | 1723 |
| Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | |
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Qualitative-Quantitative
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Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Qualitative (Class, Rating or Ranking) | Qualitative (Class, Rating or Ranking) |
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Cardinal-Ordinal
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Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Non-Ordinal | Non-Ordinal |
| Not reported | mmw/hr | % | unitless | degrees | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Variable Typology
| Coefficient of soil hydraulic permeability | Interception rate | Percentage of water impermeable surfaces | Ruggedness coefficient | Slope inclination | Watershed channels | Watershed overland flow planes | |
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Predictor-Intermediate-Response
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Intermediate (Computed) Variable |
Intermediate (Computed) Variable |
Intermediate (Computed) Variable |
Intermediate (Computed) Variable |
Intermediate (Computed) Variable |
Intermediate (Computed) Variable |
Intermediate (Computed) Variable |
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Predictor Variable Type
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Response Variable Type
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Data Source/Type
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Variable Classification Hierarchy
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5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric |
2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric |
2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric |
2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric |
2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric |
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--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Land use/land cover type or dominant habitat type |
--Geographic position, horizontal or vertical |
--Geographic position, horizontal or vertical |
--Demarcation of watershed, channel, floodplain, shore, coastline, flowline |
--Demarcation of watershed, channel, floodplain, shore, coastline, flowline |
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----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Developed and urban land cover |
----Slope, roughness, ruggedness |
----Slope, roughness, ruggedness |
----Channel demarcation or dimension |
----Flowline demarcation or dimension |
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------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Water volume or flow in/on vegetation (not including evapotranspiration) |
------Perviousness |
Variable Spatial Characteristics
| Coefficient of soil hydraulic permeability | Interception rate | Percentage of water impermeable surfaces | Ruggedness coefficient | Slope inclination | Watershed channels | Watershed overland flow planes | |
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Spatial Extent Area
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10-100 km^2 | 10-100 km^2 | 10-100 km^2 | 10-100 km^2 | 10-100 km^2 | 10-100 km^2 | 10-100 km^2 |
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Spatially Distributed?
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Observations Spatially Patterned?
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No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Spatial Grain Type
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Spatial Grain Size
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Spatial Density
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92 observations over 21.2 km^2 | 92 observations over 21.2 km^2 | 92 observations over 21.2 km^2 | 92 observations over 21.2 km^2 | 92 observations over 21.1 km^2 | 27 observations over 21.2 km^2 | 65 observations over 21.2 km^2 |
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EnviroAtlas URL
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Percent Impervious Area | The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) | The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) |
Variable Temporal Characteristics
| Coefficient of soil hydraulic permeability | Interception rate | Percentage of water impermeable surfaces | Ruggedness coefficient | Slope inclination | Watershed channels | Watershed overland flow planes | |
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Temporal Extent
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Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
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Temporally Distributed?
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No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Regular Temporal Grain?
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Temporal Grain Size Value
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Temporal Grain Size Units
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Temporal Density
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Variable Values
| Coefficient of soil hydraulic permeability | Interception rate | Percentage of water impermeable surfaces | Ruggedness coefficient | Slope inclination | Watershed channels | Watershed overland flow planes | |
| Not reported | mm/hr | Not reported | Not reported | degrees | Not applicable | Not applicable | |
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Min Value
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Not reported | 1 | Not reported | Not reported | 5 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Max Value
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Not reported | 5.8 | Not reported | Not reported | 45 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Other Value Type
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Other Value
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Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Variable Variability and Sensitivity
| Coefficient of soil hydraulic permeability | Interception rate | Percentage of water impermeable surfaces | Ruggedness coefficient | Slope inclination | Watershed channels | Watershed overland flow planes | |
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Variability Expression Given?
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No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Variability Metric
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None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
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Variability Value
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None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
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Variability Units
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None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
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Resampling Used?
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Variability Expression Used in Modeling?
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Variable Operational Validation (Response Variables only)
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Variable ID
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Validated?
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Validation Approach (within, between, etc.)
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Validation Quality (Qual/Quant)
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Validation Method (Stat/Deviance)
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Validation Metric
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Validation Value
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Validation Units
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Use of Measured Response Data
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