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Rainfall and snowmelt runoff from intermediate elevation watersheds. Technical completion report, project no. A-029-IDA Item Info
- Title:
- Rainfall and snowmelt runoff from intermediate elevation watersheds. Technical completion report, project no. A-029-IDA
- Authors:
- Molnau, Myron; Davis, Darryl J.; Druffel, LeRoy; Lee, Robin S. C.
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1973-09
- Description:
- Many low and intermediate elevation watersheds in the Pacific Northwest receive both rain and snow precipitation during the winter months. This results in winter runoff events that are damaging to agricultural land and can also decrease the snow water storage limiting water availability in late spring and early summer. The winter and spring runoff from forested lands was studied at a snow research site where melt from the rain and snow events could be measured. Predictable lags occurred between time of melt and time of peak in stream hydrographs. The Kentucky Watershed Model was also used to evaluate the effects of precipitation type and amount on runoff patterns. Runoff in the early winter was not satisfactorily modeled. An agricultural watershed was used to study runoff and erosion resulting from rain on snow and rain on frozen ground. Soil loss was found to depend mainly on amounts of precipitation since runoff began, volume of runoff, change in snow cover and soil moisture conditions. Rain on frozen ground produced less erosion than com parable amounts of rain on bare unfrozen soil. A study of the water balance showed that precipitation was distributed approximately 27 percent to runoff, 57 percent to evapotranspiration and 16 percent to deep percolation. It also showed the Penman method of computing evapotranspiration was satisfactory when compared to soil moisture changes.
- Subjects:
- evapotranspiration water balance snowmelt runoff erosion
- Collection:
- IWRRI
- IWRRI number:
- 197332
- Rights:
- In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
- Publisher:
- University of Idaho
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Idaho
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Cataloger:
- wbv
- Date Digitized:
- 2012
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Rainfall and snowmelt runoff from intermediate elevation watersheds. Technical completion report, project no. A-029-IDA", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-molnau_1973.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
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