Open AccessVegetation affects hillslope hydrodynamics
Author(s) -
Balcerak Ernie
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo270014
Subject(s) - snowmelt , vegetation (pathology) , hydrology (agriculture) , subsurface flow , flood myth , streams , debris flow , surface runoff , environmental science , scale (ratio) , landslide , water cycle , geology , snow , debris , geomorphology , groundwater , geotechnical engineering , geography , ecology , medicine , computer network , oceanography , cartography , archaeology , pathology , computer science , biology
Hillslopes are an important part of the hydrological cycle because water from rainfall or snowmelt runs downhill to networks of streams. Understanding hillslope hydrological dynamics is important for flood and debris flow prediction. However, because hillslopes are highly varied, developing general frameworks for analyzing them is difficult. Bachmair et al. compared three hillslopes to try to synthesize understanding of subsurface flow processes at the hillslope scale, focusing on the effect of vegetation.