A reservoir morphology database for the conterminous United States
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership, combined multiple national databases to create one comprehensive national reservoir database and to calculate new morphological metrics for 3,828 reservoirs. These new metrics include, but are not limited to, shoreline development index, index of basin permanence, development of volume, and other descriptive metrics based on established morphometric formulas. The new database also contains modeled chemical and physical metrics. Because of the nature of the existing databases used to compile the Reservoir Morphology Database and the inherent missing data, some metrics were not populated. One comprehensive database will assist water-resource managers in their understanding of local reservoir morphology and water chemistry characteristics throughout the continental United States.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 2017 |
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Title | A reservoir morphology database for the conterminous United States |
DOI | 10.3133/ds1062 |
Authors | Kirk D. Rodgers |
Publication Type | Report |
Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
Series Title | Data Series |
Series Number | 1062 |
Index ID | ds1062 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
USGS Organization | Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center |