Hydrological Measurements

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Created by:

Recording water levels (Mitsch and Gosselink, 1993)

• Record with a water level recorder
• Record manually each visit to the site with a staff gauge

Purposes:

• Determine hydroperiod
• Frequency of flooding
• Duration of flooding
• Water depth
• Change in storage water budget

Evapotranspiration measurements (Mitsch and Gosselink, 1993)

• Use of Evapotranspiration pans
• Measured by determining the diurnal water level fluctuation

Precipitation of throughfall measurements (Mitsch and Gosselink, 1993)

• Placing rain gauges in random locations throughout the wetland
• Use of weather data

Purposes:

• Determine surface water runoff

Groundwater measurements (Mitsch and Gosselink, 1993)

• Place shallow wells around the wetland

Purposes:

• Obtain information on the hydroperiod
• Find the direction of groundwater flow