Ryan E. Emanuel (Lumbee) Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina September 13, 2016
Water for Ecosystems and Society: The mutual benefits of the National Water Model and watershed ecohydrology research
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Water Quan*ty & Quality
Ecosystem Responses
Ecological Processes
Hydrological Processes
Ecohydrology in a nutshell:
Ecohydrology
Ecosystems influence water quantity and quality.
Ecohydrology focuses on these water-life interactions.
Water influences ecological processes and patterns.
Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest (USDA)
Vital Stats:
• Northern Rocky Mountains
• Elevation: 6,000’ – 8,000’
• Lodgepole pine forest
• Annual Precipitation: 35”
• 3-4 months snow-free
• Heavily Instrumented Watersheds: • 11 Stream gauges
• 3 Flux towers
• >150 Shallow groundwater and soil moisture monitors
• Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Imagery Map area: 13 mi2
Water Availability and Carbon Cycling
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Carbon
Evaporation+Transpiration
Soil Water
Mitchell, Emanuel and McGlynn, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2015)
Continuous, Multi-Year Record of Forest Dynamics 100’ Forest Flux Tower
Water Availability and Forest Health
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Kaiser, McGlynn and Emanuel, Ecohydrology (2013)
Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation Satellite + Airborne + Handheld Imaging Technology
Healthy
Infected
Dead
Ecological Processes Influence Runoff Generation
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Nippgen, McGlynn and Emanuel, Water Resources Research (2015)
Late Summer Peak Runoff Early Snowmelt
Water for Society
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Rice, Emanuel, Vose and Nelson, Water Resources Research (2015)
Annual Streamflow Trends, 1940-2009
Minimum Streamflow
Maximum Streamflow
Water in the Native World
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Norris and others, US Census Bureau (2012)
Interactive: http://go.ncsu.edu/TribalLands
See also: Cozzetto and others, Climatic Change (2013)
Chief and others, Water (2016)
Present-Day Tribal Territories in the Conterminous US
Norris and others, US Census Bureau (2012)
Water in the Native World
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Lumbee River
USGS Photo
Gold King Mine
USBR Photo
Lake Mead
Flickr Photo: (Lars Plougmann)
Dakota Access Pipeline