Urbanization alters watershed hydrology in the Piedmont of North Carolina

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-264

  Boggs, J L ^a   Sun, G ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge coefficient; Evapotranspiration (ET); North carolina piedmont; Urban watershed

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL WATER BALANCE; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; DISCHARGE COEFFICIENTS; DISCHARGE VOLUME; DORMANT SEASONS; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; GROWING SEASON; LONG TERM MONITORING; NORTH CAROLINA; PUBLIC DOMAINS; REFERENCE DATA; STORM FLOW; URBAN WATERSHED; US GOVERNMENT; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED DEGRADATION; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

DISCHARGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; URBANIZATION; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953047843     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.198     Document Type: Article

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