Lead Investigator: John Pomeroy (e-mail: www)
Marmot Creek feeds the Kananaskis River and the Bow River system from the Rocky
Mountains, Alberta. Its area is 14 kmē and it is primarily covered with montane
and subalpine forest with alpine tundra ridgetops. The basin has seasonally
frozen soils. The basin has been subject to intensive hydrometeorological
studies since the International Hydrological Decade. It has 8 permanent
meteorological stations at elevations from 1450 m to 2500 m collecting
precipitation, snow depth, soil moisture, soil temperature, short and longwave
radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and turbulent fluxes of heat
and water vapour. Observations of groundwater levels and streamflow are made by
the federal and provincial governments.