Forest impact on floods due to extreme rainfall and snowmelt in four Latin American environments 2: Model analysis

Through a systematic modelling analysis for focus catchments in Costa Rica (131 km2), Ecuador (10 km2), Chile (0.35 km2) and Argentina (12.9 km2), the hypothesis is tested that, as the size of the hydrological event increases, the effect of forest cover on the peak discharge becomes less important....

• 1. Verfasser: Bathurst, James C. (author)
• Weitere Verfasser: Iroumé, Andrés (author), Cisneros, Felipe (author), Fallas, Jorge (author), Iturraspe, Rodolfo (author), Gaviño Novillo, Marcelo (author), Urciuolo, Adriana (author), Birkinshaw, Steve J. (author), Coello, Cristian (author), Alvarado, Andrés (author), Miranda, Miriam (author), Ramírez, Marco (author), Sarandón, Ramiro (author), Huber, Anton (author)
• Format: article
• Sprache: eng
• Veröffentlicht: 2011
• Schlagworte: Field Data; Forest; Floods; Forest Cover Change; Latinoamerica; River Catchments
• Online Zugang: http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/handle/123456789/22021