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    Estimating Trends in Long-Term Evapotranspiration in the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota Phil Gerla - University of North Dakota Students in basic hydrology courses usually estimate evapotranspiration using methods appropriate for short-time rates at a point or in a small area on the landscape. Less often, however, do ET exercises use long-term and real data to test stationarity and estimate rates over large watersheds, which can be based on the simple steady-state form of the water budget equation: precipitation – surface-water runoff = ET. Anecdotal evidence suggests that during the last few decades, above-average precipitation and floods have occurred increasingly in the roughly 105 km2 Red River of the North basin. What is less clear, however, has been the effect of this apparent broad change of climate on the spatial and temporal variability of ET, which is a key component of the regional water budget. Has the ET rate and distribution been constant or has it changed? If it has changed, does it vary across the watershed? To answer these questions, both long-term precipitation and surface-water runoff data were tabulated and analyzed for subwatersheds in the region. This provided individual or small groups of hydrology students with experience in collecting and analyzing water-budget related data. The objectives of this exercise were to (1) work with large data sets from NWIS and NOAA, (2) use the U.S. Geological Survey's StreamStats to delineate watersheds and Climate Wizard to characterize changes in climate both forward and backward in time, (3) employ the water-budget equation to estimate ET for subwatersheds by using long-term records of precipitation and runoff, (4) apply the non-parametric Mann-Kendall test to characterize trends during the last 50 years, and finally, (5) relate the Wigley and Jones (1985) model to future stream runoff. Assessment of the exercise indicated some confusion and much angst among the students, suggesting the need for more background instruction and problem modularization. (Figure on the right shows the Mann-Kendall test probability for no trend in ET, (1965-2014) within sub-watersheds of the Red River basin).

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    Estimating Trends in Long-Term Evapotranspiration in the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota Phil Gerla - University of North Dakota Students in basic hydrology courses usually estimate evapotranspiration using methods appropriate for short-time rates at a point or in a small area on the landscape. Less often, however, do ET exercises use long-term and real data to test stationarity and estimate rates over large watersheds, which can be based on the simple steady-state form of the water budget equation: precipitation – surface-water runoff = ET. Anecdotal evidence suggests that during the last few decades, above-average precipitation and floods have occurred increasingly in the roughly 105 km2 Red River of the North basin. What is less clear, however, has been the effect of this apparent broad change of climate on the spatial and temporal variability of ET, which is a key component of the regional water budget. Has the ET rate and distribution been constant or has it changed? If it has changed, does it vary across the watershed? To answer these questions, both long-term precipitation and surface-water runoff data were tabulated and analyzed for subwatersheds in the region. This provided individual or small groups of hydrology students with experience in collecting and analyzing water-budget related data. The objectives of this exercise were to (1) work with large data sets from NWIS and NOAA, (2) use the U.S. Geological Survey's StreamStats to delineate watersheds and Climate Wizard to characterize changes in climate both forward and backward in time, (3) employ the water-budget equation to estimate ET for subwatersheds by using long-term records of precipitation and runoff, (4) apply the non-parametric Mann-Kendall test to characterize trends during the last 50 years, and finally, (5) relate the Wigley and Jones (1985) model to future stream runoff. Assessment of the exercise indicated some confusion and much angst among the students, suggesting the need for more background instruction and problem modularization. (Figure on the right shows the Mann-Kendall test probability for no trend in ET, (1965-2014) within sub-watersheds of the Red River basin).

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    Estimating Trends in Long-Term Evapotranspiration in The Red River of The North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota

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    Estimating Trends in Long-Term Evapotranspiration in the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota Phil Gerla - University of North Dakota Students in basic hydrology courses usually estimate evapotranspiration using methods appropriate for short-time rates at a point or in a small area on the landscape. Less often, however, do ET exercises use long-term and real data to test stationarity and estimate rates over large watersheds, which can be based on the simple steady-state form of the water budget equation: precipitation – surface-water runoff = ET. Anecdotal evidence suggests that during the last few decades, above-average precipitation and floods have occurred increasingly in the roughly 105 km2 Red River of the North basin. What is less clear, however, has been the effect of this apparent broad change of climate on the spatial and temporal variability of ET, which is a key component of the regional water budget. Has the ET rate and distribution been constant or has it changed? If it has changed, does it vary across the watershed? To answer these questions, both long-term precipitation and surface-water runoff data were tabulated and analyzed for subwatersheds in the region. This provided individual or small groups of hydrology students with experience in collecting and analyzing water-budget related data. The objectives of this exercise were to (1) work with large data sets from NWIS and NOAA, (2) use the U.S. Geological Survey's StreamStats to delineate watersheds and Climate Wizard to characterize changes in climate both forward and backward in time, (3) employ the water-budget equation to estimate ET for subwatersheds by using long-term records of precipitation and runoff, (4) apply the non-parametric Mann-Kendall test to characterize trends during the last 50 years, and finally, (5) relate the Wigley and Jones (1985) model to future stream runoff. Assessment of the exercise indicated some confusion and much angst among the students, suggesting the need for more background instruction and problem modularization. (Figure on the right shows the Mann-Kendall test probability for no trend in ET, (1965-2014) within sub-watersheds of the Red River basin).

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    Estimating Regional Trends in Long-Term Evapotranspiration in the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota

    Phil Gerla - H. Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota

    Background

    Procedure and Data

    Students in basic hydrology courses usually estimate evapotranspiration


    using methods appropriate for short-time rates at a point or in a small
    area on the landscape. Less often, however, do ET exercises use longterm and real data to test stationarity and estimate rates over large
    watersheds, which can be based on the simple steady-state form of the
    water budget equation: precipitation surface-water runoff = ET.

    To answer these questions, students tabulated and analyzed both long-term precipitation
    and surface-water runoff data for subwatersheds in the region. This provided individual
    or small groups of hydrology students with experience in the following ways: (1) work
    with large data sets from NWIS and NOAA, (2) use the U.S. Geological Survey's
    StreamStats to delineate watersheds and Climate Wizard to characterize changes in
    climate, both forward and backward in time, (3) employ the water-budget equation to
    estimate ET for subwatersheds by using long-term records of precipitation and runoff, (4)
    apply the non-parametric Mann-Kendall test to characterize trends during the last 50
    years, and finally, (5) relate the Wigley and Jones (1985) model to future stream runoff.
    http://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/CDODivisionalSelect.jsp#

    Steady-state water balance


    is used to estimate ET from
    discharge (left) and
    precipitation (above) for a
    an assigned watershed.
    Watersheds are quickly
    delineated using USGS
    StreamStats (right):

    http://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/index.html

    http://streamstatsags.cr.usgs.gov/v3_beta/viewer.htm?stabbr=MN

    Analysis
    above: map of the Red River basin above Lake Winnipeg (modified after
    Rasmussen 2015)

    Anecdotal evidence suggests that during the last few decades, aboveaverage precipitation and floods have occurred increasingly in the
    roughly 105 km2 Red River of the North basin (map above). What is less
    clear, however, has been the effect of this apparent broad change of
    climate on the spatial and temporal variability of ET, which is a key
    component of the regional water budget. Has the ET rate and
    distribution been constant or has it changed? If it has changed, does it
    vary across the watershed?
    left: Grand
    Forks, April
    1997 (image
    from the U.S.
    Geological
    Survey)

    (Gilbert, 1987, includes


    probability tables)

    Students use the Mann-Kendall to test for trends (upper right) in their
    watershed, and probabilities assessed for all the sub-watersheds. Results
    can be integrated with global climate change models (ClimateWizard.org)
    and future conditions evaluated using Wigley and Jones (1985) model:

    Assessment and References

    w = runoff ratio, e = ET,


    and p = precipitation

    Assessment of the exercise indicated students quickly acquired knowledge of data extraction, but the analysis and interpretation led to
    some confusion and angst among the students and the instructor. This suggests the need for more background instruction and
    problem modularization, which will be developed and implemented in the future.
    Gilbert, R.O. 1987. Statistical Methods for Environmental Pollution Monitoring. Wiley Publishers. 320 p.
    Rasmussen, P.F. 2015. Assessing the impact of climate change on the frequency of floods in the Red River basin. Canadian Water Resources Journal,
    DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2015.1025101
    Wigley, T.M.L. & P.D. Jones. 1985. Influence of precipitation changes and direct CO2 effects on stream flow. Nature 314:149-151

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