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WRIR 99-4079: Estimates of Ground-Water Discharge as Determined from Measurements of Evapotranspiration, Ash Meadows Area, Nye County, Nevada |
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Table 3. Evapotranspiration (ET) units determined from spectral-cluster combinations for Ash Meadows area, Nevada
| ET-unit identifier |
Cluster combination1 |
General description of ET unit | Abbreviated ET unit description2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCL | (0,0) | Area of no substantial ground-water evapotranspiration (unclassified) | Unclassified |
| OWB | (7,7) | Area of open water; reservoir or large spring pool | Open-water body |
| SAV | (1,0) (1,1) (1,2) (1,3) (1,4) (1,5) (1,6) (2,1) (4,1) | Area dominated by submerged aquatic vegetation and open-water marsh; shallow part of open water bodies; perennially flooded; water above surface. Includes area of sparse emergent vegetation | Submerged aquatic vegetation |
| DWV | (3,2) (3,3) | Area dominated by dense wetland vegetation, primarily tall reedy and rushy marsh plants; perennially flooded; water at or above surface | Dense wetland vegetation |
| DMV | (0,2) (2,0) (2,2) (2,3) (2,6) | Area dominated by dense meadow vegetation, primarily trees, mixed trees and grasses, or mixed grasses and shrubs; water table below land surface; soils moist to dry | Dense meadow vegetation |
| DGV | (0,3) (2,4) (3,0) (3,4) (4,2) (4,3) (5,2) (5,3) | Area dominated by dense to moderately dense grassland vegetation, primarily grasses, short rushes, and occasional scattered trees and shrubs; intermittently flooded; water at or near land surface; soils wet to moist | Dense grassland vegetation |
| SGV | (0,4) (0,6) (4,0) (4,4) (4,6) (6,0) (6,2) (6,3) (6,4) (6,6) | Area dominated by sparse grassland vegetation; primarily grasses; water table below land surface; soils dry | Sparse grassland vegetation |
| MBS | (0,5) (3,5) (4,5) (5,0) (5,1) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6) | Area dominated by moist bare soil; vegetation very sparse, primarily grasses; intermittently flooded, water table near or below land surface; soils moist | Moist bare soil |
1 First integer in parenthesis is June cluster number (row in tables 2 and 4); second integer is September cluster number (column in tables 2 and 4).
2 Matches description given in explanation of plates 1 and 2.