• Cave air temperature at three drip sites
• Dripwater-specific conductance at three drip sites (Fig. 10)
• Dripwater temperature at three drip sites
• Cave stream level at the weir
• Cave air barometric pressure at the weir
Geochemical analyses were conducted for samples collected from 2008 to 2012 for:
• Composite samples of precipitation (calcium shown in Fig. 11)
• Composite samples of cave dripwater (calcium shown in Fig. 11)
• Grab samples of soil water
• Grab samples of cave stream
The above datasets allow for calculation of the following parameters:
• Penman–Monteith potential evapotranspiration, using climate data from James
Cave and Kentland Farm
• Excess precipitation (also called water excess), using precipitation data and
calculated potential evapotranspiration values
• Cave stream discharge, using cave stream level and cave air barometric pressure
data
Fig. 11 Calcium concentrations (mmol/L) in precipitation and dripwaters at the three drip sites in
James Cave from June 2008 to January 2012. Note both spatial (between the different sites) and
temporal variabilities in Ca concentrations
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