Connectivity and runoff dynamics in heterogeneous basins

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3061-3075

  Phillips, R W ^a   Spence, C ^b   Pomeroy, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Shield; Drainage network; Heterogeneity; Hydrological connectivity; Lakes; Runoff; Variable contributing area

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN SHIELDS; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY;

DRAINAGE; GRAPH THEORY; LAKES; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEMFLOW; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 80051906233     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8123     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Ali G, Roy A. 2009. Revisiting hydrological sampling strategies for an accurate assessment of hydrologic connectivity in humid temperate systems. Geography Compass 3: 350-374.
2. Allan CJ, Roulet NT. 1994. Runoff Generation in Zero-Order Precambrian Shield Catchments: The stormflow response of a heterogeneous landscape. Hydrological Processes 8: 369-388.
3. Ambroise B. 2004. Variable 'active' versus 'contributing' areas or periods: a necessary distinction. Hydrological Processes 18: 1149-1155.
4. Bracken L, Croke J. 2007. The concept of hydrological connectivity and its contribution to understanding runoff-dominated geomorphic systems. Hydrological Processes 21: 1749-1763.
5. Black PE. 1997. Watershed functions. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 33: 1-11.
6. 3 template. Hydrological Processes 20: 3415-3422.
7. Buttle JM, Dillon PJ, Eerkes GR. 2004. Hydrologic coupling of slopes, riparian zones and streams: an example from the Canadian Shield. Journal of Hydrology 287: 161-177.
8. Chartrand G. 1977. Introductory Graph Theory. Dover: New York.
9. Congalton RJ. 1991. A review of assessing the accuracy of classifications of remotely sensed data. Remote Sensing of the Environment 37: 34-46.
10. Detty JM, McGuire KJ. 2010. Topographic controls on shallow groundwater dynamics: implications of hydrologic connectivity between hillslopes and riparian zones in a till mantled catchment. Hydrological Processes 24: 2222-2236.
11. Dingman SL. 1973. Effects of permafrost on stream characteristics in the discontinuous permafrost zone of Central Alaska. In Permafrost:North American Contribution to the Second International Conference. National Academy of Sciences: Washington, DC; pp. 447-453.
12. Domenico PA, Schwartz W. 1998. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology. Wiley: Toronto.
13. Ecosystem Classification Group. 2008. Ecological Regions of the Northwest Territories-Taiga Shield. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories: Yellowknife, NT, Canada.
14. Fang X, Pomeroy JW, Westbrook CJ, Guo X, AG Minke, Brown T. 2010. Prediction of snowmelt derived streamflow in a wetland dominated prairie basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 14: 991-1006.
15. Goodwin B. 2003. Is landscape connectivity a dependent or independent variable? Landscape Ecology 8: 687-699.
16. Granger RJ, Hedstrom N. 2010. Controls on open water evaporation. Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences Discussions 7: 2709-2726.
17. Gross JS, Yellen J. 2006. Graph Theory and Its Applications. Chapman and Hall/CRC: New York.
18. Guan XJ, Spence C, Westbrook CJ. 2010. "Shallow soil moisture-ground thaw interactions and controls: 2. Influences of water and energy fluxes", Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 14: 1387-1400.
19. th Eastern Snow Conference, Hanover, New Hampshire, pp. 162-172.
20. Horst TW. 1997. A simple formula for attenuation of eddy fluxes measured with first order response scalar sensors. Boundary Layer Meteorology 94: 517-520.
21. James A, Roulet N. 2007. Investigating hydrological connectivity and its association with threshold change in runoff response in a temperate forested watershed. Hydrological Processes 21: 3391-3408.
22. Jensco K, McGlynn B, Gooseff M, Wondzell S, Becala K, Marshall L. 2009. Hydrological connectivity between landscapes and streams: Transferring reach- and plot- scale understanding to the catchment scale. Water Resources Research 45: 1-16.
23. Jencso KG, McGlynn BL, Gooseff MN, Bencala KE, Wondzell SM. 2010. Hillslope hydrologic connectivity controls riparian groundwater turnover: Implications of catchment structure for riparian buffering and stream water sources. Water Resources Research 46: W10524 DOI:10510.11029/12009wr008818.
24. Kaimal JC, Finnigan JJ. 1994. Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows-Their Structure and Measurement. Oxford University Press: New York.
25. Kerr DE, Wilson P. 2000. Preliminary surficial geology studies and mineral exploration consideration in the Yellowknife area, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research 2000-C3, p. 8.
26. Kindlmann P, Burel F. 2008. Connectivity measures: a review. Landscape Ecology 23: 879-890.
27. Lane SN, Reaney SM, Heathwaite AL. 2009. Representation of landscape hydrological connectivity using a topographically driven surface flow index. Water Resources Research 45: W08423, DOI:08410·01029/02008Wwr007336.
28. Lehmann P, Hinz C, McGrath G, Tromp-van Meerveld HJ, McDonnell JJ. 2007. Rainfall threshold for hillslope outflow: an emergent property of flow pathway connectivity. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11: 1047-1063.
29. Massman WJ. 2000. A simple method for estimating frequency response corrections for eddy covariance systems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 104: 185-198.
30. McFeeters SK. 1996. The use of normalized difference water index (NDWI) in the delineation of open water features. International Journal of Remote Sensing 7: 1425-1432.
31. McGuire KJ, McDonnell JJ. 2010. Hydrological connectivity of hillslopes and streams: characteristic time scales and nonlinearities. Water Resources Research 46: W10543, DOI:10510·11029/12010wr009341.
32. McNamara JP, Kane DL, Hinzman LD. 1998. An analysis of stream flow hydrology in the Kuparuk river basin, Arctic Alaska: a nested watershed approach. Journal of Hydrology 206: 39-57.
33. Mielko C, Woo MK. 2006. Snowmelt runoff processes in a headwater lake and its catchment, subarctic Canadian Shield. Hydrological Processes 20: 987-1000.
34. Pomeroy JW, Gray DM, Brown T, Hedstrom NR, Quinton WL, Granger RJ, Carey SK. 2007. The cold regions hydrological model: a platform for basing process representation and model structure on physical evidence. Hydrological Processes 21: 2650-2667.
35. Pomeroy JW, Toth B, Granger RJ, Hedstrom NR, Essery RLH. 2003. Variation in surface energetics during snowmelt in complex terrain. Journal of Hydrometeorology 4: 702-716.
36. Quinton W, Carey S. 2008. Towards an energy-based runoff generation theory for tundra landscapes. Hydrological Processes 22: 4649-4653.
37. Quinton W, Hayashi M, Pietroniro A. 2003. Connectivity and storage functions of channel fens and flat bogs in northern basins. Hydrological Processes 17: 3665-3684.
38. Reaney S, Bracken L, Kirkby M. 2006. Use of the connectivity of runoff model (CRUM) to investigate the influence of storm characteristics on runoff generation and connectivity in semi-arid areas. Hydrological Processes 7: 894-906.
39. Sahimi M. 1984. Applications of Percolation Theory. Taylor and Francis: London.
40. Schröder B. 2006. Pattern, process, and function in landscape ecology and catchment hydrology-how can quantitative landscape ecology support predictions in ungauged basins? Hydrological Earth Systems Sciences 10: 967-979.
41. Spence C. 2006. Hydrological processes and stream flow in a lake dominated watercourse. Hydrological Processes 20: 3665-3681.
42. Spence C. 2007. On the relation between dynamic storage and runoff: A discussion on thresholds, efficiency, and function. Water Resources Research 43: 1-11.
43. Spence C. 2010. A paradigm shift in hydrology: Storage thresholds across scales influence catchment runoff generation. Geography Compass 4: 819-833.
44. Spence C, Guan XJ, Phillips R, Hedstrom N, Granger R, Reid B. 2010. Storage dynamics and streamflow in a catchment with a variable contributing area. Hydrological Processes 24: 2209-2221.
45. Spence C, Woo MK. 2006. Hydrology of subarctic Canadian Shield: Heterogeneous headwater basins. Journal of Hydrology 317: 138-154.
46. Stauffer D, Ahorony A. 1994. Introduction to Percolation Theory. Taylor and Francis: London.
47. Tromp van-Meerveld HJ, McDonnell JJ. 2006. Threshold relations in subsurface stormflow: 2. the fill and spill hypothesis. Water Resources Research 42: 1-11.
48. Urban D, Keitt T. 2001. Landscape connectivity: a graph-theoretical perspective. Ecology 82: 1205-1218.
49. Webb EK, Pearman GI, Leuning R. 1980. Correction of flux measurements for density effects due to heat and water vapour transfer. Quaterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 106: 85-100.
50. Western A, Blöschl G, Grayson R. 2001. Toward capturing hydrologically significant connectivity in spatial patterns. Water Resources Research 37: 83-97.
51. Wolfe SA. 1998. Living with Frozen Ground: A Field Guide to Permafrost in Yellowknife Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 64. p. 71.
52. Woo MK, Mielko C. 2007. An integrated framework of lake-stream connectivity for a semi-arid, subarctic environment. Hydrological Processes 21: 2668-2674.
53. Xu H. 2006. Modification of normalized difference water index to enhance open water features in remotely sensed imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 14: 3025-3033.