NRCS Idaho igamije gushyira ahantu henshi ha SNOTEL ibikoresho bipima ubushuhe bw'ubutaka

Gahunda yo gushyira ibikoresho byose byo gupima ubushuhe bw'ubutaka muri Idaho kugira ngo bipime ubushuhe bw'ubutaka ishobora gufasha abateganya amazi n'abahinzi.
Serivisi yo kubungabunga umutungo kamere ya USDA ikora sitasiyo 118 za SNOTEL zuzuye zipima imvura yaguye, amazi angana n'urubura, ubujyakuzimu bw'urubura n'ubushyuhe bw'umwuka. Izindi ndwi ntizigoye cyane, zipima ubwoko buke bw'ibipimo.
Ubushuhe bw'ubutaka bugira ingaruka ku musaruro w'amazi asohoka mu butaka kuko amazi ajya mu butaka aho bikenewe mbere y'uko agera mu migezi no mu bigega.
Kimwe cya kabiri cy’ibice byuzuye bya SNOTEL byo muri iyo leta bifite ibikoresho bipima ubushyuhe n’ubukonje bw’ubutaka, bigenzura ubushyuhe n’ijanisha ry’ubushyuhe mu bujyakuzimu butandukanye.
Amakuru "adufasha gusobanukirwa no gucunga neza umutungo w'amazi" kandi akamenyesha "inyandiko y'ingenzi twizeye ko izarushaho kuba ingirakamaro mu gihe dukusanya amakuru menshi," nk'uko byatangajwe na Danny Tappa, ushinzwe ubushakashatsi ku rubura muri NRCS Idaho i Boise.
Yavuze ko guha ibikoresho ahantu hose ha SNOTEL muri iyo leta kugira ngo hapimwe ubushuhe bw'ubutaka ari ikintu cy'ingenzi mu gihe kirekire.
Tappa yavuze ko igihe cy'uyu mushinga gishingiye ku nkunga. Gushyiramo sitasiyo nshya cyangwa sensa, kuvugurura sisitemu z'itumanaho hakoreshejwe ikoranabuhanga rya telefoni zigendanwa na satelite, no kubungabunga muri rusange byari ibintu byihutirwa cyane mu minsi ishize.
Yagize ati: “Tuzi neza ko ubushuhe bw’ubutaka ari igice cy’ingenzi cy’ingengo y’imari y’amazi, ndetse n’umugezi utemba mu gihe kizaza.”
Tappa yagize ati: “Tuzi neza ko hari ahantu hamwe na hamwe ubushuhe bw’ubutaka buhura n’amazi menshi ari ingenzi cyane.”
Sisitemu ya SNOTEL yo muri Idaho yagira akamaro iyo sitasiyo zose zifite ibikoresho bifasha mu kuvura ubushuhe bw'ubutaka, nk'uko byatangajwe na Shawn Nield, umuhanga mu by'ubutaka muri leta ya NRCS. Byaba byiza abakozi bakora ubushakashatsi ku rubura bakagira umuhanga mu by'ubutaka ushinzwe ikoranabuhanga n'amakuru yaryo.
Yavuze ko ukuri kw’iteganyagihe ry’amazi ryazamutseho hafi 8% aho ibikoresho by’ubushyuhe n’ubutaka byakoreshejwe, ashingira ku bushakashatsi bwakozwe n’abahanga mu by’amazi n’abakozi ba kaminuza zo muri Utah, Idaho na Oregon.
Kubera ko azi neza uburyo ubutaka buhagaze neza, Nield yagize ati: “Kenshi na kenshi, twumva ko abahinzi bakoresha ibikoresho bipima ubushuhe bw’ubutaka mu gucunga neza amazi yo kuhira.” Inyungu zishoboka ni nko gukoresha imashini nke zikoresha amazi - bityo zigakoresha amashanyarazi make n’amazi - zihuza ingano n’ibikenewe mu buhinzi, kandi zikagabanya ibyago by’uko ibikoresho byo mu buhinzi bishobora gufatirwa mu byondo.