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Observed and simulated hydrologic response for a first-order catchment during extreme rainfall 3 years after wildfire disturbance
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2016
Source: Water Resources Research, 52(12), 9367-9389
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Journal Title:Water Resources Research
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Description:Hydrologic response to extreme rainfall in disturbed landscapes is poorly understood because of the paucity of measurements. A unique opportunity presented itself when extreme rainfall in September 2013 fell on a headwater catchment (i.e., <1 ha) in Colorado, USA that had previously been burned by a wildfire in 2010. We compared measurements of soil-hydraulic properties, soil saturation from subsurface sensors, and estimated peak runoff during the extreme rainfall with numerical simulations of runoff generation and subsurface hydrologic response during this event. The simulations were used to exploredifferences in runoff generation between the wildfire-affected headwater catchment, a simulated unburned case, and for uniform versus spatially variable parameterizations of soil-hydraulic properties that affect
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Source:Water Resources Research, 52(12), 9367-9389
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ISSN:0043-1397
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Rights Information:CC0 Public Domain
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Rights Statement:This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
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