Title:
The Missing Component in Forest Hydrology Models
The Missing Component in Forest Hydrology Models
| dc.contributor.author | Bacchus, Sydney T. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | University of Georgia. Institute of Ecology | en_US |
| dc.contributor.editor | Hatcher, Kathryn J. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-28T18:00:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-28T18:00:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-03 | |
| dc.description | Proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 30 and 31, Athens, Georgia. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | "FLATWOODS", a forest hydrology model recently developed for predicting hydrologic impacts of different forest management practices in the southern Coastal Plain (SCP), provides advantages over alternative models. However, the "FLATWOODS" model was developed and tested using slash pine plantations, and differences in interception/ throughfall and evapotranspiration for natural flatwoods stands vs. pine plantations are not addressed by the model. More significantly, "FLATWOODS" does not account for the influence of anthropogenic alterations of hydrology due to municipal groundwater withdrawals in the vicinity of the site where the model was developed. Hydrologic perturbations are evident in many of the depressional, pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens) wetlands on the site, which exhibit signs of subsidence and premature decline typically associated with regional groundwater withdrawals in similar areas of the SCP. Increased transmissivity of the karst aquifer reported at the nearby municipal wellfield since pumping was initiated is evidence of the dynamic nature of karst aquifers subjected to groundwater mining. This provides additional support that the hydrology at the site where the model was developed may have been altered significantly by groundwater mining prior to data collection for development of the "FLATWOODS" model. These factors limit the predictive ability of the "FLATWOODS" model for natural pine flatwoods stands, and for pine plantation stands where groundwater mining does not occur. However, an opportunity exists to evaluate some aspects of the influence that groundwater mining has on this site by incorporating additional data and refining the model. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | This book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2202 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Insttitute as authorized by the Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 0-935835-06-7 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/48142 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.publisher.original | Institute of Ecology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | GWRI1999. Posters | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water resources management | en_US |
| dc.subject | FLATWOODS | en_US |
| dc.subject | Forest hydrology models | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pine plantations | en_US |
| dc.subject | Natural pine flatwoods stands | en_US |
| dc.title | The Missing Component in Forest Hydrology Models | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Proceedings | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Water Resources Institute | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | Georgia Water Resources Conference | |
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