Data collection for cooperative water resources modeling in the Lower Rio Grande Basin, Fort Quitman to the Gulf of Mexico.

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/920129· OSTI ID:920129

Passell, Howard David; Pallachula, Kiran ^[1]; Tidwell, Vincent Carroll; Villalobos, Joshua ^[2]; Piccinni, Giovanni ^[2]; Brainard, James Robert; Gerik, Thomas ^[2]; Morrison, Wendy ^[2]; Serrat-Capdevila, Aleix ^[3]; Valdes, Juan ^[3]; Sheng, Zhuping ^[2]; Lovato, Rene ^[4]; Guitron, Alberto ^[4]; Ennis, Martha Lee; Aparicio, Javier ^[4]; Newman, Gretchen Carr ^[1]; Michelsen, Ari M ^[2]

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1. GRAM, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
2. Texas A&M University
3. University of Arizona
4. Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua

Water resource scarcity around the world is driving the need for the development of simulation models that can assist in water resources management. Transboundary water resources are receiving special attention because of the potential for conflict over scarce shared water resources. The Rio Grande/Rio Bravo along the U.S./Mexican border is an example of a scarce, transboundary water resource over which conflict has already begun. The data collection and modeling effort described in this report aims at developing methods for international collaboration, data collection, data integration and modeling for simulating geographically large and diverse international watersheds, with a special focus on the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo. This report describes the basin, and the data collected. This data collection effort was spatially aggregated across five reaches consisting of Fort Quitman to Presidio, the Rio Conchos, Presidio to Amistad Dam, Amistad Dam to Falcon Dam, and Falcon Dam to the Gulf of Mexico. This report represents a nine-month effort made in FY04, during which time the model was not completed.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 920129
• Report Number(s): SAND2004-5241; TRN: US200825%%303
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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58 GEOSCIENCES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
RIO GRANDE RIVER
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SIMULATION
WATER RESOURCES
WATERSHEDS
DATA ACQUISITION
FLOW MODELS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
HYDROLOGY
Water resources development.
Water resources development-Mathematical models.
Monitoring wells
Rio Grande Valley.
Hydrology