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Modeling Green and Blue Water: The InVEST Monthly Model

Modeling Green and Blue Water: The InVEST Monthly Model. Yonas Ghile. Blue vs Green Water. Green Water Flow. Precipitation. Blue Water. Blue Water. Blue Water. Green Water Storage. Recharge. Blue Water. Blue-Green Water Components. Green Water Flow Potential. Flood water.

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Modeling Green and Blue Water: The InVEST Monthly Model

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  1. Modeling Green and Blue Water: The InVEST Monthly Model YonasGhile

  2. Blue vs Green Water Green Water Flow Precipitation Blue Water Blue Water Blue Water Green Water Storage Recharge Blue Water

  3. Blue-Green Water Components Green Water Flow Potential Flood water Env. flows Forests Grasslands Crops Wetlands Time-stable Blue Water Soil Irrigation Consumptive Uses Green Water Storage Flows

  4. Inform decision makers to Maximize crop-water productivity Solve water related conflicts Strategize virtual water trade Protect ecosystem services Assess land use and climate change impacts

  5. InVEST for Niger River Basin

  6. InVESTvs Observations

  7. InVESTvs Observations

  8. Loss of Services in the Niger Delta

  9. A new Era of Water Conflict

  10. A new Era of Water Conflict

  11. On Going Work Model validations and applications to Niger river basin (West Africa) Umgeni river basin (South Africa) Afdeyu/Nile river basin (East Africa) Ft Pickett and Ft. Benning (USA) Brahmaputra river basin (Central and South Asia)

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