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Plumes for sediment delivered from watersheds draining into the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

Plumes for sediment delivered from watersheds draining into the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: World Resources Institute
Publication_Date: 2004
Title:
Plumes for sediment delivered from watersheds draining into the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington D.C., United States
Publisher: World Resources Institute
Online_Linkage: <http://reefsatrisk.wri.org>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title:
L. Burke and J. Maidens “Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean,” (Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2004)
Description:
Purpose:
This data set was derived at the World Resources Institute for input to the Reefs at Risk sedimentation and pollution from watershed based sources threat analysis. Agriculture, though important to economic development and food security, is a source of increased sediment, nutrient, and pesticide runoff. Threats from sedimentation and pollution from inland sources were modeled for over 3,000 watersheds discharging into the Caribbean. The indicators developed by the Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project enable detailed comparative analyses of threats on many scales. The Reefs at Risk indicators are a simplification of human activities and complex natural processes.
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Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: threat
Theme_Keyword: coral reefs
Theme_Keyword: pressure
Theme_Keyword: sediment
Theme_Keyword: sedimentation
Theme_Keyword: watershed
Theme_Keyword: basin
Theme_Keyword: plume
Theme_Keyword: erosion
Theme_Keyword: preciptation
Theme_Keyword: soil
Theme_Keyword: slope
Theme_Keyword: erosion
Theme_Keyword: land cover
Place:
Place_Keyword: caribbean
Place_Keyword: central america
Place_Keyword: south america
Place_Keyword: north america
Place_Keyword: insular caribbean
Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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Contact_Person: GIS Lab Manager
Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 10 G Street NE Suite 800
City: Washington DC
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20002
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 729 7600
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202 729 7775
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk@wri.org
Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm EST
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The final step in the Reefs at Risk analysis for evaluating areas at risk from watershed-based sedimentation involves dispersing sediment from the river mouth. Using the programming language C, a plume estimation tool was created to evaluate the sediment delivery of all river mouths within 100 km, using a fixed distance-degrade function. For all 1 km grid cell locations, all river mouths within 100 km were considered. The sediment delivery at the river mouth estimate was reduced by 10 percent per km. For example, at 10 km from the river mouth, sediment is 35 percent of source; by 25 km, it is about 7 percent, and by 50 km it is about 0.5 percent.
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World Resources Institute, Relative sediment delivery at the river mouth for watersheds draining into the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, 2004
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