Summary Information
Riparian Evapotranspiration (ET) Study (SEON) from the Middle Rio Grande River Bosque, New Mexico (1999-2011 ): Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) Data
Creator:
Individual: Clifford Dahm
Organization: SEV LTER
Physical Address:
Delivery Address: Sevilleta LTER, 167 Castetter Hall, University of New Mexico
City: Albuquerque
Locality: NM
Postal Code: 87131
Email: cdahm@sevilleta.unm.edu
System ID: 9288
Creator:
Individual: Jim Thibault
Organization: SEV LTER
Physical Address:
Delivery Address: UNM Biology Dept, MSC03 2020, 1 University of New Mexico
City: Albuquerque
Locality: NM
Postal Code: 87131
Phone: United States of America
Phone: (505) 277-1151
Phone: (505) 277.6318
Email: jrtebo@sevilleta.unm.edu
Associated Party:
Individual: Jim Thibault
Organization: SEV LTER
Physical Address:
Delivery Address: UNM Biology Dept, MSC03 2020, 1 University of New Mexico
City: Albuquerque
Locality: NM
Postal Code: 87131
Phone: United States of America
Phone: (505) 277-1151
Phone: (505) 277.6318
Email: jrtebo@sevilleta.unm.edu
Role: data manager
Associated Party:
Individual: James Cleverly
Organization: SEV LTER
Email: cleverly@sevilleta.unm.edu
Role: associate researcher
Publication Date: 2015
Language: english
Abstract:
  We hypothesized that flooding and invasions of non-native species would strongly impact ecosystem water use.  Our objectives were to measure and compare water use of native (Rio Grande cottonwood, Populus deltoides ssp. wizleni) and non-native (saltcedar, Tamarix chinensis, Russian olive, Eleagnus angustifolia) vegetation and to evaluate how water use is affected by climatic variability resulting in high river flows and flooding as well as drought conditions and deep water tables.  Eddy covariance flux towers to measure ET and shallow wells to monitor water tables were instrumented in 1999.  Active sites in their second decade of monitoring include a xeroriparian, non-flooding salt cedar woodland within Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge and a dense, monotypic salt cedar stand at Bosque del Apache NWR, which is subject to flood pulses associated with high river flows.
Keywords:
Keyword: inorganic nutrients
Keyword Thesaurus: Core Areas
Keywords:
Keyword: riparian
Keyword: eddy covariance
Keyword: evapotranspiration
Keyword: water table
Keyword Thesaurus: LTER Controlled Vocabulary
Intellectual Rights:
Data Policies
This dataset is released to the public and may be freely downloaded. Please keep the designated Contact person informed of any plans to use the dataset. Consultation or collaboration with the original investigators is strongly encouraged. Publications and data products that make use of the dataset must include proper acknowledgement of the Sevilleta LTER. Datasets must be cited as in the example below. Muldavin, E. 2004. Sevilleta LTER Fertilizer NPP Study Dataset. Albuquerque, NM: Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research Site Database: SEV155. (Date of download) A copy of any publications using these data must be supplied to the Sevilleta LTER Information Manager.
Distribution:
Online:
URL: http://sev.lternet.edu/node/7721
Coverage:
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: Sevilleta NWR, west side of Rio Grande, approx. 1.5 km upstream (N) of San Acacia Diversion.Landform: Riparian., Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt, saturated at 2-3 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (T. chinensis-dominated), Distichlis spicata (saltgrass)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native vegetation invaded by T. chinensis and overbank flooding eliminated by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century.,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.867761
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.867761
North Bounding Coordinates: 34.265602
South Bounding Coordinates: 34.265602
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1427
Altitude Maximum: 1427
Altitude Units: meter
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: Bosque del Apache NWR, west side of Rio Grande, approx. 1.5 km downstream (S) of NWR bridge over Low Flow Conveyance Channel.Landform: Riparian., Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt with clay lenses, saturated at 0 - 4 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (T. chinensis-dominated)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native vegetation invaded by T. chinensis and overbank flooding diminished by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. Remains flood-prone.,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.877225
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.877225
North Bounding Coordinates: 33.781129
South Bounding Coordinates: 33.781129
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1373
Altitude Maximum: 1373
Altitude Units: meter
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: Albuquerque South Valley (access off Shirk Ln), east side of Rio Grande, approx. 1 km upstream (N) of U.S. Interstate 25 bridge over Rio Grande.Landform: Riparian, Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt, saturated at 1 - 2 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (P. deltoides-dominated, T. chinensis, E. angustifolia, and S. exigua understory)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native understory vegetation invaded by T. chinensis and E. angustifolia and overbank flooding eliminated by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. ,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.682848
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.682848
North Bounding Coordinates: 34.958771
South Bounding Coordinates: 34.958771
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1496
Altitude Maximum: 1496
Altitude Units: meter
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: South of Belen (Rio Communities, access off NM 304 via La Grima Rd.), east side of Rio Grande, approx. 7 km downstream (S) of NM 309 bridge over Rio Grande.Landform: Riparian., Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt, saturated at 0 - 2 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (E. angustifolia- and S. exigua-dominated)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native vegetation invaded by E. angustifolia; overbank flooding diminished by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. Remains flood-prone. Former river channel.,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.749198
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.749198
North Bounding Coordinates: 34.590125
South Bounding Coordinates: 34.590125
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1458
Altitude Maximum: 1458
Altitude Units: meter
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: La Joya State Game Refuge, west side of Rio Grande, approx. 3.5 km downstream (S) of Rio Puerco confluence with Rio Grande.Landform: Riparian, Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt, saturated at 0 - 2 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (E. angustifolia- and S. exigua-dominated)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native vegetation invaded by E. angustifolia; overbank flooding diminished by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. Remains flood-prone. Former river channel.,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.859
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.859
North Bounding Coordinates: 34.34715
South Bounding Coordinates: 34.34715
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1435
Altitude Maximum: 1435
Altitude Units: meter
Temporal Coverage:
Date Range:
Begin Date:
Calendar Date: 2000-03-18
End Date:
Calendar Date: 2011-12-31
Contact:
Position Title: Information Manager
Organization: LTER Network Office
Physical Address:
Delivery Address: UNM Biology Department, MSC03-2020
Delivery Address: 1 University of New Mexico
City: Albuquerque
Locality: NM
Postal Code: 87131-0001
Phone: USA
Phone: 505 277-2535
Phone: 505 277-2541
Email: tech-support@lternet.edu
URL: http://www.lternet.edu
Contact:
Individual: Jim Thibault
Organization: SEV LTER
Physical Address:
Delivery Address: UNM Biology Dept, MSC03 2020, 1 University of New Mexico
City: Albuquerque
Locality: NM
Postal Code: 87131
Phone: United States of America
Phone: (505) 277-1151
Phone: (505) 277.6318
Email: jrtebo@sevilleta.unm.edu
Publication Place: Sevilleta LTER
Method Step:
Description:
Three-dimensional eddy covariance:  Measures fluxes of latent heat, sensible heat, and momentum, integrated over an area such as a vegetation canopy.  High frequency  measurements are made of vertical wind speed and water vapor, and their covariance over thirty minutes is used to compute latent heat flux, the heat absorbed by evaporation, from the canopy surface.  Latent heat flux (LE) is converted to a direct measurement of evapotranspiration (ET).  Simultaneous, high frequency measurements of temperature are used with vertical wind speed to compute the sensible heat flux (H), the heat transfer due to vertical temperature gradients.  Measuring net radiation (Rn) and ground heat flux (G), allows the energy balance to be calculated (Rn = LE + H + G), providing a self-check for accuracy and closure error. Sites: Two Rio Grande riparian locations in P. deltoides forests, two in T. chinensis forests.  In each forest type, one of the two sites is prone to flooding from elevated Rio Grande flows, and the other site does not flood.  A fifth site was located in a mix of non-native Eleagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) and native Salix exigua (coyote willow) prone to flooding. Design:  Eddy covariance systems were mounted on towers in the turbulent surface layer 2-2.5 m above the canopy.  Measurement period was 10 Hz and the covariance period was 30 minutes.  Additional energy fluxes were made at 1 Hz and averaged over 30 minutes.  Water table fluctuations were monitored at the sights with groundwater wells installed ~ 1 m below baseflow water table.  Wells were constructed of 5 cm inner diameter PVC pipe with approximately 1 m screen lengths.  Automated pressure transducers were deployed to measure water table elevations at 30-minute intervals.
Instrumentation: *Instrument Name: 3-D Sonic Anemometer *Manufacturer: Campbell Scientific, Inc. (Logan, UT) *Model Number: CSAT3   *Instrument Name: CO2/H2O Analyzer *Manufacturer: Li-Cor, Inc. (Lincoln, NE) *Model Number: LI-7500   *Instrument Name: Net Radiometer *Manufacturer: Kipp and Zonen (Delft, The Netherlands) *Model Number: CNR1   *Instrument Name: Barometric Pressure Sensor *Manufacturer: Vaisala (Helsinki, Finland) *Model Number: CS105       *Instrument Name: Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe *Manufacturer: Vaisala (Helsinki, Finland)  *Model Number: HMP45C   *Instrument Name: Wind Sentry (Anemometer and Vane) *Manufacturer: R.M. Young (Traverse City, MI) *Model Number: 03001   *Instrument Name: Tipping Bucket Rain Gage *Manufacturer: Texas Electronics, Inc. (Dallas, TX) *Model Number: TE525   *Instrument Name: Quantum Sensor (PAR) *Manufacturer: Li-Cor, Inc. (Lincoln, NE) *Model Number: LI-190   *Instrument Name: Water Content Reflectometer *Manufacturer: Campbell Scientific, Inc. (Logan, UT) *Model Number: CS616   *Instrument Name: Soil Heat Flux Plate *Manufacturer: Radiation and Energy Balance Systems, Inc. (Bellevue, WA) *Model Number: HFT3   *Instrument Name: Averaging Soil Thermocouple Probe *Manufacturer: Campbell Scientific, Inc. (Logan, UT) *Model Number: TCAV   *Instrument Name: Measurement and Control System (Datalogger) *Manufacturer: Campbell Scientific, Inc. (Logan, UT) *Model Number: CR5000   *Instrument Name: Levelogger and Barologger (Water Table) *Manufacturer: Solinst Canada Ltd. (Georgetown, ON, Canada) *Model Number: 3001 LT M10 and 3001 LT M1.5   *Instrument Name: Mini-Diver, Cera-Diver, and Baro-Diver (Water Table) *Manufacturer: Van Essen Instruments ((Delft, The Netherlands) *Model Number: DI501, DI701, and DI500   Discontinued Instruments:   *Instrument Name: Krypton Hygrometer *Manufacturer: Campbell Scientific, Inc. (Logan, UT) *Model Number: KH2O   *Instrument Name: Net Radiometer *Manufacturer: Radiation and Energy Balance Systems, Inc. (Bellevue, WA) *Model Number: Q-7.1   *Instrument Name: Pyranometer *Manufacturer: Kipp and Zonen (Delft, The Netherlands) *Model Number: CM3   *Instrument Name: Micrologger *Manufacturer: Campbell Scientific, Inc. (Logan, UT) *Model Number: CR23X  *Instrument Name: Submersible Sensor Pressure Transducer (Water Table) *Manufacturer: Electronic Engineering Innovations (Las Cruces, NM) *Model Number: 2.0 (2 m) and 5.0 (4 m)    
Data Table:
Entity Name: sev300_bosqueVPD_20151015.txt
Entity Description: vapor pressure deficit data from the Bosque ET dataset.
Object Name: sev300_bosqueVPD_20151015.txt
Data Format:
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines: 1
Record Delimiter: \r\n
Attribute Orientation: column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimiter: ,
Distribution:
Online:
URL: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-sev/300/233460/5feca72bc21c721d98a0e76514190be7
Coverage:
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: Sevilleta NWR, west side of Rio Grande, approx. 1.5 km upstream (N) of San Acacia Diversion.Landform: Riparian., Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt, saturated at 2-3 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (T. chinensis-dominated), Distichlis spicata (saltgrass)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native vegetation invaded by T. chinensis and overbank flooding eliminated by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century.,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.867761
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.867761
North Bounding Coordinates: 34.265602
South Bounding Coordinates: 34.265602
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1427
Altitude Maximum: 1427
Altitude Units: meter
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: Bosque del Apache NWR, west side of Rio Grande, approx. 1.5 km downstream (S) of NWR bridge over Low Flow Conveyance Channel.Landform: Riparian., Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt with clay lenses, saturated at 0 - 4 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (T. chinensis-dominated)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native vegetation invaded by T. chinensis and overbank flooding diminished by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. Remains flood-prone.,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.877225
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.877225
North Bounding Coordinates: 33.781129
South Bounding Coordinates: 33.781129
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1373
Altitude Maximum: 1373
Altitude Units: meter
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: Albuquerque South Valley (access off Shirk Ln), east side of Rio Grande, approx. 1 km upstream (N) of U.S. Interstate 25 bridge over Rio Grande.Landform: Riparian, Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt, saturated at 1 - 2 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (P. deltoides-dominated, T. chinensis, E. angustifolia, and S. exigua understory)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native understory vegetation invaded by T. chinensis and E. angustifolia and overbank flooding eliminated by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. ,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.682848
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.682848
North Bounding Coordinates: 34.958771
South Bounding Coordinates: 34.958771
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1496
Altitude Maximum: 1496
Altitude Units: meter
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: South of Belen (Rio Communities, access off NM 304 via La Grima Rd.), east side of Rio Grande, approx. 7 km downstream (S) of NM 309 bridge over Rio Grande.Landform: Riparian., Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt, saturated at 0 - 2 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (E. angustifolia- and S. exigua-dominated)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native vegetation invaded by E. angustifolia; overbank flooding diminished by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. Remains flood-prone. Former river channel.,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.749198
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.749198
North Bounding Coordinates: 34.590125
South Bounding Coordinates: 34.590125
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1458
Altitude Maximum: 1458
Altitude Units: meter
Geographic Goverage:
Geographic Description: Location: La Joya State Game Refuge, west side of Rio Grande, approx. 3.5 km downstream (S) of Rio Puerco confluence with Rio Grande.Landform: Riparian, Geology: Alluvial floodplain., Soils: Sand/silt, saturated at 0 - 2 m depth., Hydrology: Riverine, shallow water table., Vegetation: Phreatophyte (E. angustifolia- and S. exigua-dominated)., Climate: Semi-arid., History: Native vegetation invaded by E. angustifolia; overbank flooding diminished by surface water controls in early to mid 20th century. Remains flood-prone. Former river channel.,
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinates: -106.859
East Bounding Coordinates: -106.859
North Bounding Coordinates: 34.34715
South Bounding Coordinates: 34.34715
Bounding Altitude:
Altitude Minimum: 1435
Altitude Maximum: 1435
Altitude Units: meter
Temporal Coverage:
Calendar Date: 2015-10-14
Attribute List:
Attribute Name: Site
Attribute Label: Site
Attribute Definition: Site in the Rio Grande River bosque where ET tower was located.
Storage Type: string
Measurement Scale:
Nominal:
Non Numeric Domain:
Enumerated Domain:
Code Definition:
Code: sev
Definition: Sevilleta saltcedar
Code Definition:
Code: bdas
Definition: Bosque del Apache saltcedar
Code Definition:
Code: shk
Definition: Albuquerque cottonwood
Code Definition:
Code: bln
Definition: Belen cottonwood
Code Definition:
Code: laro
Definition: La Joya Russian olive/willow
Attribute Name: Year
Attribute Label: Year
Attribute Definition: Year of data collection
Storage Type: date
Measurement Scale:
Datetime:
Format String: YYYY
Attribute Name: Day
Attribute Label: Day
Attribute Definition: Day of the year on which data were collected
Storage Type: date
Measurement Scale:
Datetime:
Format String: DD
Attribute Name: Time
Attribute Label: Time
Attribute Definition: Time of data collection (24 hour clock in local time zone, which is US Mountain Time Zone)
Storage Type: date
Measurement Scale:
Datetime:
Format String: hm
Attribute Name: vpd
Attribute Label: vpd
Attribute Definition: Vapor pressure deficit: Difference between amount of moisture in the air and how much moisture the air can hold when saturated. Represents the vapor pressure gradient from saturated tissues within a leaf to the free atmosphere (vpd = es - ea where es = saturated vapor pressure and ea = ambient vapor pressure)
Measurement Scale:
Ratio:
Unit:
Standard Unit: kilopascal
Precision: 0.00000001
Numeric Domain:
Number Type: real