Untitled DocumentRiparian ET tool with GIS-based vegetation management
Macro Theme Area:
River Systems [Project ID: R29]
PI:
Russ Scott
CO-PI(s):
Travis Huxman, David Williams, David Goodrich
Basin focus:
San Pedro
Specific area in
basin /
field sites:
All field sites within the Upper San Pedro. Charleston Mesquite, Lewis Springs Sacaton, Lewis Springs Mesquite, Lewis Springs Cottonwood, Boquillas Cottonwood
Summary/Goals: An improved riparian water budget for the Upper San Pedro riparian corridor including a GIS-based tool for managers to manipulate vegetation cover and then predict changes in vegetative groundwater use.
Activities and outcomes during past year:
-Initial GIS-based has been developed and given to the BLM.
-A report summarizing the first 3 years of the San Pedro water use study is in press for a USGS Water Supply paper
Plans for the upcoming year:
Continued monitoring at 3 sites to quantify interannual variability in vegetation ground water use.
Developing a simple riparian vegetation water use model that uses available satellite data (MODIS) to predict riparian ET.
