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Streamflow Increases Following Farm Abandonment on Eastern New York Watershed
Author(s) -
Black Peter E.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr004i006p01171
Subject(s) - surface runoff , streamflow , watershed , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , evapotranspiration , precipitation , runoff curve number , water year , geography , drainage basin , ecology , geology , meteorology , cartography , geotechnical engineering , machine learning , computer science , biology
Analyses of long‐term precipitation, temperature, and runoff records indicate that runoff from a 180‐square‐mile watershed in New York State is undergoing a slow but steady change. Although potential evapotranspiration has remained constant, percentages of precipitation appearing as runoff, dormant season runoff, and total runoff have all increased as abandoned farm land passes through a brush and scrub forest stage before reverting to the mature forest. (Key words: Forest; land use; runoff)