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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 6. Location and general description of sites equipped with micrometeorological instruments and used to determine evapotranspiration (ET) from Ash Meadows area, Nevada

[Geographic coordinates given in degrees, minutes, seconds.]

Site name Site identifier
(pl. 1)		 Latitude Longitude Altitude (feet above
sea level)		 Period of data acquisition Description of dominant vegetation
cover1 and soil-moisture conditions2		 ET-unit identifier3
Bole Spring North BSNORT 362227 1161811 2,180 January 1996 - September 1997 Sparse to very sparse cover of bunch grass; soil moisture varies from moist in winter to dry in summer MBS
Bole Spring South BSSOUT 362213 1161817 2,175 January 1996 - September 1997 Sparse cover of saltgrass; surface periodically floods during late winter and early spring, otherwise soil moisture varies from moist in winter to very dry in summer SGV
Carson Meadow CMEADW 362517 1162023 2,171 March 1995 - March 19974 Dense cover of mixed grasses, clover, and scattered shrubs; soil moisture varies from moist in winter to dry in summer DMV
Fairbanks Meadow FMEADW 362859 1162018 2,249 March 1997 - September 19975 Dense cover of saltgrass; surface periodically floods during late winter, otherwise soil moisture varies from wet in winter to dry in summer DGV
Fairbanks Swamp FSWAMP 362901 1162022 2,248 March 1995 - September 1997 Dense cover of cattails and reeds; surface flooded throughout year DWV
Lower Crystal Flat LCFLAT 362422 1162006 2,148 December 1995 - June 1996 Very sparse cover of bunch grass; soil moisture varies from wet in winter to moist in summer MBS
Peterson Reservoir PRESVR 362644 1162105 2,169 April 1996 - September 1997 Open-water body OWB
Rogers Spring 1 RGSPR1 362853 1162005 2,256 December 1993 - February 1996 Sparse to moderate cover of saltgrass; soil moisture varies from moist in winter to very dry in summer SGV
Rogers Spring 2 RGSPR2 362855 1161955 2,253 December 1993 - February 1996 Sparse to moderate cover of wire-grass and saltgrass; soil moisture varies from wet in winter to moist in summer DGV
Spring Meadow SMEADW 362538 1162120 2,139 June 1995 - September 1997 Sparse to very sparse cover of saltgrass; soil moisture varies from dry in winter to very dry in summer SGV

1 Vegetation cover descriptors: very parse is less than 5 percent; sparse is 5 to 25 percent; moderate is 25 to 75 percent; and dense is greater than 75 percent.
2 Soil moisture descriptors are presented as relative terms.
3 ET units are described in table 3.
4 Site was destroyed by fire and not replaced.
5 Site still active at time of publication.