Switchgrass waterway buffers in the eastern Great Plains

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), a highly productive perennial grass, has been recommended as one potential source for cellulosic biofuel feedstocks. Previous studies indicate that planting perennial grasses (e.g., switchgrass) in high topographic relief cropland waterway buffers can improve local environmental conditions and sustainability. The main advantages of this land management practice include (1) reducing soil erosion and improving water quality because switchgrass requires less tillage, fertilizers, and pesticides; and (2) improving regional ecosystem services (e.g., improving water infiltration, minimizing drought and flood impacts on production, and serving as carbon sinks). In this study, we mapped...

Tags: Energy Resources, Land Use Change, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), cellulosic biofuel, All tags... crop, erosion, riparian zones, switchgrass, watershed management, waterway, Fewer tags

Remotely-sensed observations of restoration sites of the riparian corridor of the Colorado River Delta in Mexico, 2013-2022

These data were compiled for evaluating plant water use, or river-reach level evapotranspiration (ET) data, in the riparian corridor of the Colorado River delta as specified under Minute 319 of the 1944 Water Treaty. Additionally, these data were compiled for evaluating restoration-level data in Reach 2 and Reach 4, as specified under Minute 323 of the 1944 Water Treaty. Objectives of our study were to measure the peak growing season evapotranspiration (ET) for the average of months in summer-fall (May to October) for the seven reaches, for the full riparian corridor, and for four restoration sites, from 2013 through 2022. The seven reach areas from the Northerly International Boundary (NIB) to the end of the delta...

Tags: 1944 Water Treaty, Arizona, Botany, Colorado River, Colorado River delta, All tags... Ecology, Geography, Gulf of California, Information Sciences, International Boundary, Land Use Change, Landsat images, Landsat time series, Lower Colorado River delta, Mexico, Mexico, Minute 319, Minute 323, Morelos Dam, Remote Sensing, San Luis, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Yuma, actual ET (ETa) in mm/day, average growing season daily ET, biogeography, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, data release, ecosystem monitoring, enhanced vegetation index 2 (EVI2), environment, evapotranspiration, evapotranspiration (ET) data, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, greenness (EVI2), image collections, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, inlandWaters, land use and land cover, land use change, meteorological station data, peak growing season evapotranspiration, peak-season daily water use, plant water use, precipitation (atmospheric), remediation, remote sensing, restoration, riparian community, riparian corridor, riparian ecosystem, riparian vegetation, riparian woodland ecosystem, riparian zones, river ecosystems, seaonal mean difference, time series datasets, vegetation, vegetation greeness index (EVI2), water use, water use, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags

Geospatial database of the study boundary, sampled sites, watersheds, and riparian zones for U.S. Geological Survey Southeast Stream Quality Assessment

In 2015, the second of several Regional Stream Quality Assessments (RSQA) was done in the southeastern United States. The Southeast Stream Quality Assessment (SESQA) was a study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) project. One of the objectives of the RSQA, and thus the SESQA, is to characterize the relationships between water-quality stressors and stream ecology and subsequently determine the relative effects of these stressors on aquatic biota within the streams (Van Metre and Journey, 2014). To meet this objective, a framework of fundamental geospatial data was required to develop physical and anthropogenic characteristics of the study region, sampled sites and corresponding...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ecology, National Water Quality Program, Riparian Zones, Sampling sites, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Resources, Watersheds, Fewer tags

Remotely-sensed observations of the unrestored riparian corridor of the Colorado River Delta in Mexico, 2019-2022

These data were compiled for evaluating plant water use, or river-reach level evapotranspiration (ET) data, in the unrestored riparian corridor of the Colorado River delta as specified under Minute 319 of the 1944 Water Treaty. Additionally, these data were compiled for evaluating restoration-level data in Reach 2 and Reach 4, as specified under Minute 323 of the 1944 Water Treaty. Objectives of our study were to measure the peak growing season evapotranspiration (ET) for the average of months in summer-fall (May to October) for the seven reaches, for the full riparian corridor, and for four restoration sites, from 2019 through 2022. The seven reach areas from the Northerly International Boundary (NIB) to the end...

Tags: 1944 Water Treaty, Arizona, Botany, Colorado River, Colorado River delta, All tags... Ecology, Geography, Gulf of California, Information Sciences, International Boundary, Land Use Change, Landsat images, Landsat time series, Lower Colorado River delta, Mexico, Mexico, Minute 319, Minute 323, Morelos Dam, Remote Sensing, San Luis, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Yuma, actual ET (ETa) in mm/day, average growing season daily ET, biogeography, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, data release, ecosystem monitoring, enhanced vegetation index (EVI2), environment, evapotranspiration, evapotranspiration (ET) data, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, greenness (EVI2), image collections, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, inlandWaters, land use and land cover, land use change, meteorological station data, peak growing season evapotranspiration, peak-season daily water use, plant water use, precipitation (atmospheric), remediation, remote sensing, restoration, riparian community, riparian corridor, riparian ecosystem, riparian vegetation, riparian woodland ecosystem, riparian zones, river ecosystems, seaonal mean difference, time series datasets, vegetation, vegetation greeness index (EVI2), water use, water use, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags

Riparian-Zone Boundaries for the U.S. Geological Survey Southeast Stream Quality Assessment

In 2015, the second of several Regional Stream Quality Assessments (RSQA) was done in the southeastern United States. The Southeast Stream Quality Assessment (SESQA) was a study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) project. One of the objectives of the RSQA, and thus the SESQA, is to characterize the relationships between water-quality stressors and stream ecology and subsequently determine the relative effects of these stressors on aquatic biota within the streams (Van Metre and Journey, 2014). To meet this objective, a framework of fundamental geospatial data was required to develop physical and anthropogenic characteristics of the study region, sampled sites and corresponding...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Riparian Zones, Water Quality

Riparian Climate-Corridors: Analysis Extension, Improvements, and Validation

Protecting and restoring ecological connectivity is a leading climate adaptation strategy forbiodiversity conservation (Heller & Zavaleta 2009, Lawler 2009), because species are expectedto have difficulty tracking shifting climates across fragmented landscapes (Thomas et al. 2004).Connectivity conservation is thus a primary focus of numerous large-scale climate adaptationinitiatives (e.g., U.S. Department of Interior’s Landscape Conservation Cooperatives), and a corestrategy of many federal climate adaptation plans (NPS 2010, USFS 2011, USFWS 2010). Thishas led to a growing need for approaches that identify priority areas for connectivityconservation in a changing climate.Riparian areas have been identified as key...

Categories: Data; Tags: Oregon, WA-1, WA-2, adaptation strategies, climate change, All tags... species sensitivities, vegetation changes, Academics & scientific researchers, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Data.gov North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Federal resource managers, Hydrologic regime shift, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, Pacific Northwest, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Riparian Zones, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-6, Washington, completed, product, riparian areas, Fewer tags

Impacts of climate chance on aquatic ecosystem functioning and health

We review published analyses of the effects of climate change on goods and services provided by freshwater ecosystems in the United States. Climate-induced changes must be assessed in the context of massive anthropogenic changes in water quantity and quality resulting from altered patterns of land use, water withdrawal, and species invasions; these may dwarf or exacerbate climate-induced changes. Water to meet instream needs is competing with other uses of water, and that competition is likely to be increased by climate change. We review recent predictions of the impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems in eight regions of North America. Impacts include warmer temperatures that alter lake mixing regimes and...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, anthropogenic change, aquatic ecosystems, climate change, instream flow, All tags... riparian zones, surface water hydrology, water quality, water temperature, Fewer tags