MONITORING NETWORKS FOR LONG-TERM RECHARGE CHANGE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA

Title
MONITORING NETWORKS FOR LONG-TERM RECHARGE CHANGE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA
Abstract
Recent recognition that climate change may cause significant shifts in ground-water recharge in the mountains of the western United States suggests that long-term monitoring is needed to provide bases for prediction and early-warning of such changes. Although climate change has the potential to alter recharge processes in all parts of the world, the mountains of the western US may be especially vulnerable because much of the groundwater recharge in the West is derived from snowmelt, and a warming climate is expected to significantly change the distributions and volumes of western snowpacks.
Purpose
In the absence of long-term monitoring for changes in ground-water recharge, water managers might have to deal with significant and unexpected changes in water availability from both ground-water fed surface-water and ground-water sources.
Begin Date
2015-08-21
End Date
2015-08-21
Originator Name
Sam Earman, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
Mike Dettinger, US Geological Survey, La Jolla, CA
Links
cal-adapt.org/publications/?pubType=pier-report&browse2…, www.energy.ca.gov/2008publications/CEC-500-2008-F…
Keywords
Forest Management, Groundwater, Monitoring, Recharge, Runoff, Snowmelt
Resource Type
Document
Resource Owner
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