An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the
United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
Geohydrology and evapotranspiration at Franklin Lake playa, Inyo County, California
Franklin Lake playa is one of the principal discharge areas of the ground-water-flow system associated with Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the potential site of a high-level nuclear-waste repository. By using the energy-budget eddy-correlation technique, measurements made between June 1983 and April 1984 to estimate evapotranspiration were found to range from 0.1 centimeter per day during winter months to about 0.3 centimeter per day during summer months; the annual average was 0.16 centimeter per day. These estimates were compared with evapotranspiration estimates calculated from six other methods.
Suggested Citation
Czarnecki, J.B., Stannard, D.I., 1997, Geohydrology and evapotranspiration at Franklin Lake playa, Inyo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2377, vi, 75 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp2377.
Study Area
Publication type
Report
Publication Subtype
USGS Numbered Series
Title
Geohydrology and evapotranspiration at Franklin Lake playa, Inyo County, California