From: Greg Reis [Windows/postmaster/greg] on behalf of Greg Reis
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:26 AM
To: Greg Reis
Subject: Mono Basin Clearinghouse Updates for 3/28/01
Dear Friends,
Over the past two months we've added some useful content to the Mono Basin
Clearinghouse (www.monobasinresearch.org).
EASIER NAVIGATION
I don't know about you, but when I'm browsing the Clearinghouse, when I get to
the bottom of a particularly lengthy page and want to go somewhere else, I don't
like having to scroll back up to the navigation bar at the top. Now at the very
bottom of every page there is a link that says "Top of This Page". I know this
makes my life easier--I hope you find it useful too!
On a related note, a lot of the larger files have been moved into the /images/
directory, for space saving reasons. If you bookmarked their previous location,
you won't find them now unless you follow a link. Expect more (minor) growing
pains like this as we add content and continue to develop the site.
MLC PIEZOMETER MONITORING DATA
MLC reads piezometers (tubes measuring groundwater level) on Lee Vining and Rush
Creeks near channels rewatered in 1994-95, and the Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
containing our data are now online. Spreadsheets also contain scatter plots and
graphs comparing groundwater levels with streamflow over time. See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/data/#HYDROLOGY
FISH MONITORING REPORT
Executive Summary of the 1999 report by Chris Hunter et. al. is now online. He
said he'd email us the 2000 report when it is finished and we will post it when
we get it. See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/onlinereports/fish.htm
MLC PHOTOPOINT PROJECT
We have added photos and photographer biographies from our first three
participants in the project. Currently this information resides on the Mono Lake
Website at http://www.monolake.org/photopoint, however we have plans to move it
to the Clearinghouse and have it in a searchable database. Look for this change
in late summer-early fall. At this time there are links to it from the
Clearinghouse.
NEW LINKS
Water: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change - A Report
of the National Water Assessment Group for the U.S. Global Change Research
Program. 160 pages, 1.8MB pdf file Lots of colorful graphs, maps, and charts.
A comprehensive, provocative report that implies climate change might be good
for Mono Basin streams but not for Mono Lake. Predicted increases in temperature
and slight increases in precipitation for this region, with a shift in the
snowmelt hydrograph to sharper earlier peaks. 20-30% increase in runoff. Slight
to major increase in evapotranspiration. Predictions for 2030 and 2095 (2030 is
barely into the post transition period for Mono Lake's level, so considering
these predictions, using existing climate for post-transition modeling--as we
currently do--is pointless). There are uncertainties given the interplay of
various factors: "Increasing precipitation by 10% approximately balances
evaporative losses resulting from an increase in temperature of 4 o C." Changes
in timing of runoff are consistent across studies, however. Also warming of
ice-free lakes was consistent. It also states, "increased meromixis and
decreased productivity for saline lakes." Increases in extreme events are also
forecast.
Other new links include a site about the Jeffrey Pine Beetle, Mountain
Yellow-legged Frog, Trees of California, and the Rocky Mountain Institute's
publications on water. See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/links/index.html
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Thanks for your interest in Mono Basin Research!
Greg
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Greg Reis, Information Specialist, (760) 647-6386 x41
Mono Lake Committee, 647-6595, fax: 647-6377
Mono Lake: www.monolake.org
Living Lakes: www.livinglakes.org
Lee Vining Chamber: www.leevining.com
Mono Basin Clearinghouse: www.monobasinresearch.org
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