| Abstract: | Two mass-transfer equations were developed to compute evaporation as a part of the evaporation were seepage-loss study for the Upper Lake Mary Reservoir near Flagstaff, Arizona, which has a capacity of 15,620 acre-feet and a surface area of 876 acres. The mass-transfer equations do not require an independent measure of evaporation to define the mass-transfer coefficient. Data from other evaporation studies were used to define the mass-transfer coefficient as a function of wind shear and atmospheric stability. Long-term seepage losses were determined by use of a seepage-probability curve-derived from a stage-seepage relation and defined by several selected short-term water budgets-and a lake-stage probability curve. Seepage curves were derived for several different amounts of assumed reservoir sealing. The long-term water saving that would result from each increment of lake-bottom sealing were computed. The study revealed that the evaporation loss was 27 percent of 2 ,100 acre-feet per year of the total reservoir inflow during 1950-71; seepage loss was 45 percent or 3,500 acre-feet per year. (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 26225 |
| Citation Author: | Blee, J. W. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 39 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 87-4250 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Determination of evaporation and seepage losses, Upper Lake Mary near Flagstaff, Arizona; 1988; WRI; 87-4250; Blee, J. W. |
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| Citation Year: | 1988 |
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| Text: | Determination of evaporation and seepage losses, Upper Lake Mary near Flagstaff, Arizona; 1988; WRI; 87-4250; Blee, J. W. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1987/4250/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1987/4250/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
