Estimating Water Storage Capacity of Existing and Potentially Restorable Wetland Depressions in a Subbasin of the Red River of the North is a NASA Earthdata study from CEOS_EXTRA. It develops models to estimate and spatially depict wetland storage volumes and interception areas in the upper Mustinka subbasin. The study simulates water storage increases from restoring farmed and drained wetlands under various land use and climatic scenarios.
Use Cases
- Model wetland storage volume and interception area for flood peak flow simulations.
- Simulate water storage increases from restoring 25% or 50% of farmed and drained wetlands.
- Analyze the impact of land use changes on surface water inputs and wetland basin fill rates.
- Estimate the percentage of total subbasin precipitation that can be stored by wetlands.
- Compare wetland water storage dynamics between wet (1993) and dry (1987) growing seasons.
Strengths
- Models developed for a specific 52,758-hectare subbasin (upper Mustinka).
- Provides quantitative simulation results, e.g., 27-32% storage increase for a 25% restoration scenario.
- Compares scenarios across different precipitation years (0.67m in 1993 vs. 0.32m in 1987).
Limitations
- Study scope is limited to a single subbasin within Grant County, Minnesota.
- Model inputs and specific spatial data layers (e.g., resolution of topographic maps) are not provided.
- Dataset size, row count, and specific file formats are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NASA Earthdata, organization CEOS_EXTRA.
- Collection Method
- Methodology development and model application using geospatial analysis and simulation.
- Time Range
- Simulations reference specific years (1993, 1987).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Upper Mustinka subbasin within Grant County, Minnesota, USA.