From the Proceedings of the 1984 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science - April 7, 1984, Flagstaff, Arizona / A stormflow analysis was done on streamflow records from low density chaparral watersheds, located in central Arizona, that had been converted from brush to grass to determine the effect of vegetation manipulation on stormflow parameters. The Hewlett-Hibbert hydrograph separation technique was used to separate streamflow into quickflow (flashier response) and delayed flow (more controlled response). Differences in quickflow and delayed flows between treated and untreated watersheds were tested statistically by using covariance techniques based on paired watersheds. The results of the stormflow analysis showed that the conversion of brush to grass increased both quickflow and delayed flow about 30 percent. When this increase was based on an average stormflow it resulted in about a 0.04 inch rise in quickflow and a 0.01 inch rise in delayed flow. Brush to grass conversion affected the complete range of streamflows measured although the larger flows were more variable. The 30 percent increase in the quick and delayed flow components suggested that: 1) conversion produced a uniform rise in the stormflow hydrograph as opposed to affecting any single parameter, and 2) as such, produced no major changes in the runoff patterns.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/296104 |
| Date | 07 April 1984 |
| Creators | Alberhasky, Jo Ellen, Hibbert, Alden R. |
| Contributors | Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Tempe, AZ |
| Publisher | Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright ©, where appropriate, is held by the author. |
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