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Researchers conduct fieldwork in the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico.
Credit: ASU

Using long term observations and a water balance approach, JRN LTER researchers determined that small watersheds on piedmont slopes are large contributors to groundwater recharge on the Jornada Basin. This was one of the first studies to quantify groundwater recharge in arid region first-order watersheds.

 

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  1. Schreiner-McGraw, AP and Vivoni ER. 2017. Percolation observations in an arid piedmont watershed and linkages to historical conditions in the Chihuahuan Desert. Ecosphere. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2000

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Debra Peters
deb.peters@ars.usda.gov

Posted:  July 10, 2020