Estimates of Monthly Ground-Water Recharge to the Yakima River Basin Aquifer System, Washington, 1960-2001, for Current Land-Use and Land-Cover Conditions

Monthly values of ground-water recharge, for current land-use and land-cover conditions, to the Yakima River Basin aquifer system, Washington, during water years 1960-2001 were previously estimated. Monthly estimates are spatially related to a Geographic Information System raster dataset with a grid cell size of 500 ft on a side. These estimates of monthly recharge are provided in 42 ASCII files, 1 file for each water year. The grid with its metadata and 42 files provide potential users easy access to the information. [Summary provided by the USGS.]