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Mean annual groundwater recharge rates for Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi, for a set of drought and land-cover conditions

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1998
End Date
2099
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Mair, A., 2024, Mean annual groundwater recharge rates for Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi, for a set of drought and land-cover conditions: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DDP1C6.

Summary

These shapefiles represent the spatial distribution of mean annual groundwater recharge, in inches, for Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi for a set of water-budget scenarios that characterize unique combinations of drought and land-cover conditions. Two water-budget scenarios were developed to quantify the effects of severe drought and future climate conditions on groundwater recharge for each island as follows: (1) rainfall conditions representative of the driest conditions during 1920–2012 and 2020 land cover, and (2) rainfall conditions representative of the driest conditions during a future dry-climate condition and 2020 land cover. Each drought condition was combined with two hypothetical land-cover conditions [...]

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Contacts

Originator :
Alan Mair
Point of Contact :
Alan Mair
Metadata Contact :
Alan Mair
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Islands Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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“Map of mean annual groundwater recharge during historical drought conditions”
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Purpose

The groundwater recharge estimates in this shapefile were determined as part of a study to evaluate the effects of drought and cloud-water interception on groundwater recharge and wildfire hazard on Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi for a set of drought and land-cover conditions, as described in Mair and others (2024). The recharge estimates may be used in numerical groundwater models to evaluate the effects of groundwater withdrawals on groundwater levels, streamflow, coastal discharge, and salinities in public and private wells on each island.
Map of mean annual groundwater recharge during historical drought conditions
Map of mean annual groundwater recharge during historical drought conditions

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Pacific Islands CASC
  • USGS Data Release Products
  • USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9DDP1C6

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