Effects of wildfire on catchment runoff response: A modelling approach to detect changes in snow-dominated forested catchments

Hydrology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 378-390

  Seibert, Jan ^a,b   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^c   Woodsmith, Richard D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual runoff model; Entiat; Land cover change; Runoff change detection; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHANGE DETECTION; CHANGE DETECTION ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; DISTURBANCE EFFECTS; ENTIAT; FIRE CONDITION; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; LAND-COVER CHANGE; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELLING APPROACHES; NET EFFECT; PARAMETER SET; PARAMETER VALUES; PEAK FLOWS; POST-FIRE; RUNOFF MODEL; RUNOFF RESPONSE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SNOW PACKS; SNOWMELT; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; VEGETATION COVER; WASHINGTON STATE; WILDFIRE;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SIGNAL DETECTION; SNOW;

FIRES;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; FOREST FIRE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; LAND COVER; PEAK FLOW; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; VEGETATION COVER; WILDFIRE;

EID: 77957601665     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2010.036     Document Type: Review

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