Evapotranspiration (ET) is the process that transfers water from land surface to the atmosphere as evaporation (or sublimation when below freezing) from open water, soil, and plant canopies and as transpiration by plants. ET is measured by scientists for many different reasons. Hydrologists from the Nevada Water Scientist Center (NVWSC) typically measure ET to help quantify water budgets. Developing accurate water budgets for a basin or region improves our understanding of groundwater flow systems. ET rates have been measured by USGS hydrologists in Nevada since the early 1960’s.
The NVWSC ET web site is a work in progress. The purpose of the web site is to consolidate information about completed and ongoing ET studies. The overview map shows locations where ET rates have been measured. Click on a diamond for information about the site. Click on the “More info” link to go to a page with information about the site, data plots, photos, and a link to retrieve data from the National Water Information System (NWIS). Note: NWIS archived data are available only for studies completed after 2006.
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Evapotranspiration and evaporation data produced by Nevada Water Science Center scientists.
Evapotranspiration and evaporation publications produced by Nevada Water Science Center scientists.
Evapotranspiration rate measurements of vegetation typical of ground-water discharge areas in the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system, Nevada and Utah, September 2005-August 2006
Micrometeorological and Soil Data for Calculating Evapotranspiration for Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, 2002-05
Annual ground-water discharge by evapotranspiration from areas of spring-fed riparian vegetation along the eastern margin of Death Valley, 2000-02
Rates of evapotranspiration, recharge from precipitation beneath selected areas of native vegetation, and streamflow gain and loss in Carson Valley, Douglas County, Nevada, and Alpine County, California
Hydrology, water chemistry, and revised water budgets for Tracy Segment hydrographic area, Storey, Washoe, and Lyon Counties, west-central Nevada, 1998-2002
Evapotranspiration by phreatophytes along the lower Colorado River at Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona
Evaporation from Lake Mead, Arizona and Nevada, 1997-99
Estimated ground-water discharge by evapotranspiration from Death Valley, California, 1997-2001
Ground-water discharge determined from measurements of evapotranspiration, other available hydrologic components, and shallow water-level changes, Oasis Valley, Nye County, Nevada
Estimates of evapotranspiration from the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge area, Ruby Valley, northeastern Nevada, May 1999–October 2000
Ground-water discharge determined from estimates of evapotranspiration, Death Valley regional flow system, Nevada and California
Regional ground-water evapotranspiration and ground-water budgets, Great Basin, Nevada
Evapotranspiration (ET) is the process that transfers water from land surface to the atmosphere as evaporation (or sublimation when below freezing) from open water, soil, and plant canopies and as transpiration by plants. ET is measured by scientists for many different reasons. Hydrologists from the Nevada Water Scientist Center (NVWSC) typically measure ET to help quantify water budgets. Developing accurate water budgets for a basin or region improves our understanding of groundwater flow systems. ET rates have been measured by USGS hydrologists in Nevada since the early 1960’s.
The NVWSC ET web site is a work in progress. The purpose of the web site is to consolidate information about completed and ongoing ET studies. The overview map shows locations where ET rates have been measured. Click on a diamond for information about the site. Click on the “More info” link to go to a page with information about the site, data plots, photos, and a link to retrieve data from the National Water Information System (NWIS). Note: NWIS archived data are available only for studies completed after 2006.
► Find out more information on the Evapotranspiration Web Site
Evapotranspiration and evaporation data produced by Nevada Water Science Center scientists.
Evapotranspiration and evaporation publications produced by Nevada Water Science Center scientists.