@article{fdi:010081146,
  title = {{A} critical zone observatory dedicated to suspended sediment transport : the meso-scale {G}alabre catchment (southern {F}rench {A}lps)},
  author = {{L}egout, {C}. and {F}reche, {G}. and {B}iron, {R}omain and {E}steves, {M}ichel and {N}avratil, {O}. and {N}ord, {G}. and {U}ber, {M}. and {G}rangeon, {T}. and {H}achgenei, {N}. and {B}oudevillain, {B}. and {V}oiron, {C}. and {S}padini, {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he 20 km(2) {G}alabre catchment belongs to the {F}rench network of critical zone observatories ({OZCAR}; {G}aillardet et al., {V}adose {Z}one {J}ournal, 2018, 17(1), 1-24). {I}t is representative of the sedimentary lithology and meteorological forcing found in {M}editerranean and mountainous areas. {D}ue to the presence of highly erodible and sloping badlands on various lithologies, the site was instrumented in 2007 to understand the dynamics of suspended sediments ({SS}) in such areas. {T}wo meteorological stations including measurements of air temperature, wind speed and direction, air moisture, rainfall intensity, raindrop size and velocity distribution were installed both in the upper and lower part of the catchment. {A}t the catchment outlet, a gauging station records the water level, temperature and turbidity (10 min time-step). {S}tream water samples are collected automatically to estimate {SS} concentration-turbidity relationships, allowing quantification of {SS} fluxes with known uncertainty. {T}he sediment samples are further characterized by measuring their particle size distributions and by applying a low-cost sediment fingerprinting approach using spectrocolorimetric tracers. {T}hus, the contributions of badlands located on different lithologies to total {SS} flux are quantified at a high temporal resolution, providing the opportunity to better analyse the links between meteorological forcing variability and watershed hydrosedimentary response. {T}he set of measurements was extended to the dissolved phase in 2017. {B}oth stream water electrical conductivity and major ion concentrations are measured each week and every 3 h during storm events. {T}his extension of measurements to the dissolved phase will allow progress in understanding both the origin of the water during the events and the partitioning between particulate and dissolved fluxes of solutes in the critical zone. {A}ll data sets are available at .},
  keywords = {critical zone ; hydrochemistry ; hydrology ; meteorology ; observatory ; sediment fingerprinting ; sediment sources ; sediment transport ; {FRANCE} ; {ALPES} ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{H}ydrological {P}rocesses},
  volume = {35},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {e14084 [6 ]},
  ISSN = {0885-6087},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1002/hyp.14084},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081146},
}