Upper Mutale River Basin Hydromet Station

Researchers in front of the weather station.

Data are critical in water resources management.  Researchers from Duquesne University and the University of Venda conducted river discharge measurements and installed a weather station at a local school.  The weather station will provide, among other parameters, precipitation data, which will be used to model the watershed.    The river discharge measurements will be used to measure the amount of surface water that flows through the valley.  Students from Duquesne and Univen are also planning to deliver modules at the local primary school on weather and climate.  The river discharge measurements will be used to model the watershed and hopefully construct a method to determine surface water quantity from satellite images.  Satellites allow researchers and resource managers to quantify the river water in the past where river gage measurements do not exist.

Using a current meter to measure discharge in the
Mutale River.










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