Water for Ecosystems & Society: Mutual Benefits of the National Water Model & Watershed Ecohydrology Research
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Ryan E. Emanuel (Lumbee), Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University - September 2016 UCAR Congressional Briefing Water influences ecological processes and patterns; ecosystems influence water quantity and quality; ecohydrology focuses on these water-life interactions. UCAR Congressional Briefing
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Water for Ecosystems & Society: Mutual Benefits of the National Water Model & Watershed Ecohydrology Research
- 1. Ryan E. Emanuel (Lumbee) Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina September 13, 2016 Water for Ecosystems and Society: The mutual benefits of the National Water Model and watershed ecohydrology research
- 2. THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH Water Quan*ty & Quality Ecosystem Responses Ecological Processes Hydrological Processes Ecohydrology in a nutshell: Ecohydrology Ecosystems influence water quantity and quality. Ecohydrology focuses on these water-life interactions. Water influences ecological processes and patterns.
- 3. Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest (USDA) Vital Stats: • Northern Rocky Mountains • Elevation: 6,000’ – 8,000’ • Lodgepole pine forest • Annual Precipitation: 35” • 3-4 months snow-free • Heavily Instrumented Watersheds: • 11 Stream gauges • 3 Flux towers • >150 Shallow groundwater and soil moisture monitors • Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing ImageryMap area: 13 mi2
- 4. Water Availability and Carbon Cycling THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH Carbon Evaporation+Transpiration Soil Water Mitchell, Emanuel and McGlynn, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2015) Continuous, Multi-Year Record of Forest Dynamics 100’ Forest Flux Tower
- 5. Water Availability and Forest Health THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH Kaiser, McGlynn and Emanuel, Ecohydrology (2013) Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation Satellite + Airborne + Handheld Imaging Technology Healthy Infected Dead
- 6. Ecological Processes Influence Runoff Generation THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH Nippgen, McGlynn and Emanuel, Water Resources Research (2015) Late Summer Peak Runoff Early Snowmelt
- 7. Water for Society THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH Rice, Emanuel, Vose and Nelson, Water Resources Research (2015) Annual Streamflow Trends, 1940-2009 Minimum Streamflow Maximum Streamflow
- 8. Water in the Native World THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH Norris and others, US Census Bureau (2012) Interactive: http://go.ncsu.edu/TribalLands See also: Cozzetto and others, Climatic Change (2013) Chief and others, Water (2016) Present-Day Tribal Territories in the Conterminous US
- 9. Norris and others, US Census Bureau (2012) Water in the Native World THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH Lumbee River USGS Photo Gold King Mine USBR Photo Lake Mead Flickr Photo: (Lars Plougmann) Dakota Access Pipeline