Open-File Report 2006-1312

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Open-File Report 2006-1312

Micrometeorological and Soil Data for Calculating Evapotranspiration for Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, 2002–05

Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operation Office of the U.S. Department of Energy, under Interagency Agreement DE-AI52-01NV13944

By Guy A. DeMeo, Alan L. Flint, Randell J. Laczniak, and Walter E. Nylund

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Table of Contents

Conversion Factors, Datum, and Symbols and Acronyms

Abstract

Introduction

Study Area and Climatic Setting

Description of Instrumentation Sites

Micrometeorological and Soil Data

Evapotranspiration Estimates

Summary

References Cited

Appendix A: Micrometeorological, Soil, and Evapotranspiration Data Workbooks

Figures

Figure 1. Location of Death Valley Regional Ground-Water Flow System and the Nevada Test Site.

Figure 2. Location of tree and brush sites, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site.

Figure 3. Photographs of tree and brush sites, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site.

Figure 4. Examples of daily average micrometeorological data collected at brush site, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, January 1, 2002 – August 23, 2005.

Figure 5. Schematic showing placement of soil-water content probes at tree and brush sites and vertical structure of deeper hole and placement of heat-dissipation probes used at both sites, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site.

Figure 6. Daily average volumetric soil-water content and daily average matric water potential at the brush site, shallow hole 1, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, January 1, 2002 – August 23, 2005.

Figure 7. Total annual precipitation measured at Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, 2002–05.

Figure 8. Schematics of Bowen ratio and eddy covariance instrumentation used at tree and brush sites on Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site.

Figure 9. Daily evapotranspiration at brush and tree sites computed from data using eddy covariance and Bowen ratio methods, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, January 1, 2002 – August 23, 2005.

Tables

Table 1. Measured parameter and manufacturer name and model number used for the Bowen ratio, eddy covariance, and soil-moisture calculations, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site.

Table 2. Number of days per month that evapotranspiration rates are available during the collection period for the Bowen ratio and eddy covariance methods at the tree and brush sites, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, January 2002 – August 2005.

Table 3. Calculated monthly evapotranspiration at the tree and brush sites, Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, January 2002 – August 2005.

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Send questions or comments about this report to the author, Guy A. DeMeo, (702) 564-4611.

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