Abstract

Quantifying the thermal benefits of riparian restoration
Track: Conservation
Authors: Gus Monteverde

This presentation explores the use temperature modeling, and ArcGIS tools to estimate the available solar load reduction potential of riparian re-vegetation projects sites at different stream reach scales. A case study will showcase the data, procedures and techniques readily available to the restoration community to conduct their own tracking of ecological uplift, or quantification of thermal credits for use within an ecosystem services trading context.