Stream flow monitoring to support watershed assessment in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Zambia

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dc.contributor.authorHeatwole, Conrad D.en
dc.contributor.authorPeñaranda, M.en
dc.contributor.authorSaavedra, Ana Karinaen
dc.contributor.authorMontúfar, C.en
dc.contributor.authorLunga, W.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBoliviaen
dc.coverage.spatialEcuadoren
dc.coverage.spatialZambiaen
dc.coverage.spatialSoutheast Asiaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:45:13Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:45:13Zen
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.description.abstractThis presentation discusses a study to implement a low cost, rapid assessment of stream flow in watersheds in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Zambia. The stream flow monitoring stations include a staff gauge and data-logging pressure sensor. Additional low-tech flow measurements include use of flow meters, salinity method, and floats. Criteria for stream site selection include meeting study objectives, accessibility to researchers and local observers, hydrologic suitability (stable channel, even flow, protected from flooding and sedimentation), and security. Weather data is collected by weather stations, data-logging rain gauges and manual rain gauges. Keys to successful implementation have been the collaborations with host-country partners and engaging the community through existing channels. Outcomes to date are positive; the data collected by local observers has been very satisfactory, and of the 22 stations implemented, 1 sensor was stolen and two stations washed out.en
dc.description.notesCCRA-2 (Watershed Modeling)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier3840en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the SANREM CRSP 2008 Annual Meeting, Los Baños, Philippines, 26-29 May 2008en
dc.identifier.other3840_SANREM2008_Heatwole_Monitoring.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68140en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSedimentationen
dc.subjectSurface wateren
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectCommunity participationen
dc.subjectResource management toolsen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectStream flowen
dc.subjectMonitoringen
dc.subjectHydrologic modelingen
dc.subjectRapid hydrologic assessmenten
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleStream flow monitoring to support watershed assessment in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Zambiaen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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