Improving riparian wetland conditions based on infiltration and drainage behavior during and after controlled flooding

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 432-433, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-111

  Russo, Tess A ^a   Fisher, Andrew T ^a   Roche, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Yosemite National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled flood; Restoration; VS2DH; Wetland hydrology

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED FLOODING; DRAINAGE BEHAVIOR; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; FINE GRAINED; FLOOD DISCHARGE; FLOOD SEQUENCES; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; MODELING STUDIES; RIPARIAN SOIL; RIPARIAN WETLAND; RISING WATER TABLE; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW SOILS; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL SATURATION; SOIL WATER RETENTION; STUDY SITES; SURFACE SOIL; TEST SCENARIO; TUOLUMNE RIVER; VS2DH; WATER TABLE ELEVATION; WATER TABLES; WETLAND AREA; WETLAND CONDITION; WETLAND HYDROLOGY; WETLAND SOILS; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLANDS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERIODICITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SHALLOW SOIL; SOIL DRAINAGE; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; HETCH HETCHY VALLEY; TUOLUMNE RIVER; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84858442169     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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