HOPI TRIBE WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM

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HOPI TRIBE WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM

• Navajo Hydroclimate Monitoring Capacity Building
  Workshop
• November 24, 2008
• Flagstaff, Arizona

Jon Mason Nonpoint Source Coordinator Hopi Tribe
WRP jpmason60_at_gmail.com
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USGS Streamflow Gaging Stations on Hopi
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USGS 09401260 Moenkopi Wash at Moenkopi, Arizona
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Meteorological Stations on Hopi
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WatchDog Met Station
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Parameters Measured by Met Stations

• Soil temperature
• Soil moisture
• Air temperature
• Leaf wetness
• Percent humidity
• Rainfall
• Solar radiation
• Wind gust speed
• Average wind speed
• Wind direction

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Problems

• Equipment reliability
• Data handling
• Not enough staff or funding to adequately operate
  current met station network

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Future Needs

• Additional funding or assistance operating and
  maintaining met stations
• Accurate and timely information for drought
  declarations
• Telemetered met stations with real-time data

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Small Tributary to Oriabi Wash 7/16/2008
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Small Tributary to Oriabi Wash 7/16/2008
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Hopi Water Resources Program Website
http//www.hopitribe.org/index.htm