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EM Identity and Description

EM ID variable.detail.emIdHelp ?	EM-421
Document Author variable.detail.emDocumentAuthorHelp ?	Bousquin, J., W.S. Fisher, J. Carriger, and E. Huertas
Document Year variable.detail.emDocumentYearHelp ?	2014

Variable General Info

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Initial water storage capacity	Runoff ratio	Sediment tunnel transfer percentage	Soil erosion potential	Trapping efficiency (sediment) ? Comment: This value decays over time with increased sediment buildup in the reservoir	Watershed area (Lago Luchetti)
Variable ID variable.detail.varIdHelp ?	9167	9158	9163	9165	9164	9157
Symbol variable.detail.varSymbolHelp ?	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	K	TE	Not reported
Qualitative-Quantitative variable.detail.continuousCategoricalHelp ?	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)
Cardinal-Ordinal variable.detail.cardinalOrdinalHelp ?	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal
Units variable.detail.varUnitsHelp ?	Mm^3	unitless	%	(Mg ha h)/(ha MJ mm)	%	km^2

Variable Typology

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Initial water storage capacity	Runoff ratio	Sediment tunnel transfer percentage	Soil erosion potential	Trapping efficiency (sediment) ? Comment: This value decays over time with increased sediment buildup in the reservoir	Watershed area (Lago Luchetti)
Predictor-Intermediate-Response variable.detail.displayVariableTypeHelp ?	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor
Predictor Variable Type variable.detail.displayPredictorVariableTypeHelp ?	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter	Constant or Parameter
Response Variable Type variable.detail.resClassHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Data Source/Type variable.detail.dataTypeHelp ?	Local field/Lab data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local field/Lab data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local field/Lab data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local field/Lab data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local field/Lab data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled)
Variable Classification Hierarchy variable.detail.vchLevel1Help ?	2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	4. Human-Produced Stressor or Enhancer of Ecosystem Goods and Services Production	4. Human-Produced Stressor or Enhancer of Ecosystem Goods and Services Production	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric
	--Geographic position, horizontal or vertical	--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components	--Human-caused release, presence or characteristics of polluting substances	--Human-caused release, presence or characteristics of polluting substances	--CICES categories: Ecosystem goods and services - or landscape-level indices of suitability to supply EGS	--Spatial resolution or extent of cell, pixel, polygon
	----Elevation, altitude, bathymetry	----Physical/chemical characteristics of water	----Release, erosion and presence or characteristics of sediments/ particles in air or water	----Release, erosion and presence or characteristics of sediments/ particles in air or water	----Suitability to supply regulation & maintenance services-Mediation of wastes
		------Water volume or flow over ground surface (i.e., runoff)			------Filtration/sequestration/storage/accumulation by ecosystems

Variable Spatial Characteristics

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Initial water storage capacity	Runoff ratio	Sediment tunnel transfer percentage	Soil erosion potential	Trapping efficiency (sediment) ? Comment: This value decays over time with increased sediment buildup in the reservoir	Watershed area (Lago Luchetti)
Spatial Extent Area variable.detail.spExtentHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Spatially Distributed? variable.detail.spDistributedHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Observations Spatially Patterned? variable.detail.regularSpGrainHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Spatial Grain Type variable.detail.spGrainTypeHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Spatial Grain Size variable.detail.spGrainSizeHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Spatial Density variable.detail.spDensityHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
EnviroAtlas URL variable.detail.enviroAtlasURLHelp ?

Variable Temporal Characteristics

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Initial water storage capacity	Runoff ratio	Sediment tunnel transfer percentage	Soil erosion potential	Trapping efficiency (sediment) ? Comment: This value decays over time with increased sediment buildup in the reservoir	Watershed area (Lago Luchetti)
Temporal Extent variable.detail.tempExtentHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Temporally Distributed? variable.detail.tempDistributedHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Regular Temporal Grain? variable.detail.regularTempGrainHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Temporal Grain Size Value variable.detail.tempGrainSizeValHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Temporal Grain Size Units variable.detail.tempGrainSizeUnitHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Temporal Density variable.detail.tempDensityHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables

Variable Values

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Initial water storage capacity	Runoff ratio	Sediment tunnel transfer percentage	Soil erosion potential	Trapping efficiency (sediment) ? Comment: This value decays over time with increased sediment buildup in the reservoir	Watershed area (Lago Luchetti)
Units variable.detail.estUnitHelp ?	Not reported	Not reported ? Comment: from local studies	Not reported	(Mg ha h)/(ha MJ mm)	Not reported	Not applicable
Min Value variable.detail.minEstHelp ?	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	0.1	Not reported	Not applicable
Max Value variable.detail.estHelp ?	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	0.1	Not reported	Not applicable
Other Value Type variable.detail.natureOtherEstHelp ?	Single Observation or Parameter Value	Mean	Not applicable	Mean	Not applicable	Single Observation or Parameter Value
Other Value variable.detail.otherEstHelp ?	20.35	0.38	Not reported	0.1	Not reported	45.09

Variable Variability and Sensitivity

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Initial water storage capacity	Runoff ratio	Sediment tunnel transfer percentage	Soil erosion potential	Trapping efficiency (sediment) ? Comment: This value decays over time with increased sediment buildup in the reservoir	Watershed area (Lago Luchetti)
Variability Expression Given? variable.detail.variabilityExpHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Variability Metric variable.detail.variabilityMetricHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None
Variability Value variable.detail.variabilityValueHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None
Variability Units	None	None	None	None	None	None
Resampling Used? variable.detail.bootstrappingHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables
Variability Expression Used in Modeling? variable.detail.variabilityUsedHelp ?	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables	Not recorded for Constant or Factor Variables

Variable Operational Validation (Response Variables only)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?
Variable ID variable.detail.varIdHelp ?
Validated? variable.detail.resValidatedHelp ?
Validation Approach (within, between, etc.) variable.detail.validationApproachHelp ?
Validation Quality (Qual/Quant) variable.detail.validationQualityHelp ?
Validation Method (Stat/Deviance) variable.detail.validationMethodHelp ?
Validation Metric variable.detail.validationMetricHelp ?
Validation Value variable.detail.validationValHelp ?
Validation Units
Use of Measured Response Data variable.detail.measuredResponseDataHelp ?

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Use of Measured Response Data

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EcoService Models Library (ESML)

Variables Details

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