Increased dry season water yield in burned watersheds in Southern California

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kinoshita, Alicia M ^a   Hogue, Terri S ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrology; low flow; Southern California; water yield; wildfire

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

ANNUAL VOLUMES; EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITY; LOW FLOW; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SYSTEM RESILIENCES; WATER SUSTAINABILITY; WATER YIELD; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

BURNING; CANYON; DISTURBANCE; DRY SEASON; LOW FLOW; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW; SUSTAINABILITY; THRESHOLD; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84921785277     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014003     Document Type: Article

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