Table 1 Monitoring station location, instrumentation, and parameter being sampled
Station name
Location
Continuous air data
Continuous
hydrologic data
Continuous hydrogeochemical
data
Geochemical sample
collection
Surface
Near cave entrance,
~605 m AMSL
Air temperature, relative
humidity (2008–current)
Precipitation rate
–
Composite precipitation (2008–2012)
Soil entrance
(lysimeter)
Near cave entrance,
~604 m AMSL
–
–
–
Grab soil water
sample (2009–2012)
Soil
2 (lysimeter)
Surface projection of
MS2, ~605.8 m AMSL
–
–
–
Grab soil water
sample (2009–2012)
Soil
3 (lysimeter)
Surface projection of
MS3, ~600 m AMSL
–
–
–
Grab soil water
sample (2009–2012)
MS1
Subsurface, 597 m AMSL Air temperature (2007–
current)
Drip discharge
(2007–current)
Water temperature, specific
conductance (2011–current)
Composite drip
sample (2008–2012)
MS2
Subsurface, 595.1 m
AMSL
Air temperature (2007–
current)
Drip discharge
(2007–current)
Water temperature, specific
conductance (2011–current)
Composite drip
sample (2008–2012)
MS3
Subsurface, 593 m AMSL Air temperature (2008–
current)
Drip discharge
(2008–current)
Water temperature, specific
conductance (2011–current)
Composite drip
sample (2008–2012)
Cave stream
Subsurface, ~592 m
AMSL
–
Stream discharge
(2009–current)
Water temperature, specific
conductance (2011–current)
Grab stream sample
(2008–2012)
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