INTEGRATED MONITORING AND SIMULATION OF HYDROLOGIC COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES

• Sponsoring Institution: Agricultural Research Service/USDA
• Project Status: ACTIVE
• Funding Source: USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0421296
• Project Start Date: Apr 1, 2011
• Project End Date: Mar 31, 2016
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
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STILLWATER,OK 74078

Performing Department
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Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component

60%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

20%

Applied

60%

Developmental

20%

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
111	0210	2050	50%
112	0320	2050	50%

Knowledge Area
112 - Watershed Protection and Management; 111 - Conservation and Efficient Use of Water;

Subject Of Investigation
0320 - Watersheds; 0210 - Water resources;

Field Of Science
2050 - Hydrology;

Keywords

water

resources

hydrologic

modeling

evapotranspiration

Goals / Objectives
To rehabilitate unit source research watersheds for the ARS-USDA Grazinglands Research Laboratory (GRL); to organize and archive all existing data from said watersheds; collect and analyze water/sediment samples from GRL research sites; and assist in the design/identification and installation of research equipment for the GRL¿s Long-term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) sites.

Project Methods
Skills regarding field measurement and data management of components of the hydrologic cycle using weirs, flumes, automated water samplers, and other electronic instruments and data loggers will be used to address water resources research. Water samples collected from various research sites will be analyzed in accordance with research needs.

Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13

Outputs
Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416): To develop and implement a database management system (DBMS) and applications for the ARS-USDA Grazinglands Research Laboratory (GRL) to store, provide data quality assessment and visualization tools, and serve as the interface for STEWARDS, GRACENET, and MESONET data migration for the purpose of enhancing research capabilities in natural resource conservation. Approach (from AD-416): Skills in database design and implementation, data manipulation and visualization, and statistics will be used for this project. Knowledge of Delphi and Java programming will be used to develop supporting applications. A structured query language (SQL) database will be designed and implemented under PostgreeSQL or MySQL. This DBMS should be able to allow for data migration with STEWARDS and GRACENET, and from MICRONET. Other source of data such as USGS stream gage data may be incorporated in future developments. Windows and Web applications will be implemented as the DBMS interface to provide data quality assessment tools and data visualization, and to assist with data input and migration. The primary objectives of the project were completed in 2013 with the development and delivery of the Spellmap tool. The tool was described in a peer-reviewed journal and is being used by ARS personnel to address research objectives. New research objectives to characterize stream morphology and riparian veetation are being developed.

Impacts
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Publications