7832

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7832
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
• Title: A Pilot For Long-Term Monitoring Of Resources On The Colorado River In The Grand Canyon Using Geographic Information Systems.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

CONTENTS
Page
Introduction ................................................................. 1
Background .............................................................. 2
Objectives ............................................................... 2
The Initial GCES/GIS data base development ....................................... 3
Study area ...............................................................3
GCES base map production .................................................. 4
Survey ............................................................... 6
Aerial photography ..................................................... 6
GCES/GIS data base design ............................................... 7
The consolidation of information into the GCES/GIS .................................. 8
Methodology ............................................................. 9
The development of the long-term monitoring pilot .................................. 10
Feature selection ......................................................... 10
Applied research ............................................................ 12
Report No. 1: Using a GIS to monitor sediment resources in the Colorado River,
Grand Canyon, Arizona, by M.A. Kaplinski ..................................... 13
Introduction .......................................................... 13
Methods ............................................................. 13
Flow regimes ......................................................... 15
Results ............................................................. 15
Conclusions .......................................................... 22
Report No. 2: Application of GIS to fisheries data bases in Grand Canyon,
by R.A. Valdez and T.R. Hougaard ............................................ 23
Abstract ............................................................. 23
Introduction .......................................................... 23
Integrated tabular data base ............................................. 24
Application of GIS ..................................................... 24
Discussion ........................................................... 25
Report No. 3: Historical patterns of vegetation change in Grand Canyon
based on a GIS analysis, by G.L. Waring ....................................... 27
Introduction .......................................................... 27
Objectives ........................................................... 27
Discussion ........................................................... 27
Report No. 4: Development of channel-geometry information for flow and
sediment-transport models, by Julia B. Graf, Samuel M.D. Jansen,
J. Dungan Smith, and Stephen Wiele .......................................... 29
Introduction .......................................................... 29
Methodology ......................................................... 29
Initial Results ........................................................ 32
Discussion ........................................................... 32
Conclusion ................................................................. 35
Bibliography ............................................................... 37
Figure
FIGURES
1 GCES/GIS post-dam study area profile ...................................... 4
2 Location map-GIS monitoring sites .................................. Attached
3 Plot-pilot site No. 5 and resource study sites ........................... Attached
4 GCES base map development .............................................. 5
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