HOPI TRIBE WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM Navajo Hydroclimate Monitoring Capacity Building Workshop November 24, 2008 Flagstaff, Arizona Jon Mason Nonpoint Source Coordinator Hopi Tribe WRP
USGS Streamflow Gaging Stations on Hopi
USGS Moenkopi Wash at Moenkopi, Arizona
Meteorological Stations on Hopi
WatchDog Met Station
Parameters Measured by Met Stations Soil temperature Soil temperature Soil moisture Soil moisture Air temperature Air temperature Leaf wetness Leaf wetness Percent humidity Percent humidity Rainfall Rainfall Solar radiation Solar radiation Wind gust speed Wind gust speed Average wind speed Average wind speed Wind direction Wind direction
Problems Equipment reliability Equipment reliability Data handling Data handling Not enough staff or funding to adequately operate current met station network Not enough staff or funding to adequately operate current met station network
Future Needs Additional funding or assistance operating and maintaining met stations Additional funding or assistance operating and maintaining met stations Accurate and timely information for drought declarations Accurate and timely information for drought declarations Telemetered met stations with real-time data Telemetered met stations with real-time data
Small Tributary to Oriabi Wash 7/16/2008
Hopi Water Resources Program Website