H31H:
The Hydrology–Vegetation–Climate Nexus: Identifying Process Interactions and Environmental Shifts in Mountain Catchments I Posters


Session ID#: 8586

Session Description:
The hydrology‒vegetation‒climate nexus in mountain environments presents an important indicator of global environmental change. However, observations in these regions remain limited and typically confined to non-vegetated areas.  A need therefore exists to (1) improve knowledge of ecohydrological and hydroclimatological baseline conditions, (2) identify how perturbations in vegetation and climate processes interact with hydrology, (3) discriminate between short-term (e.g., multi-year) variability and long-term (e.g., multi-decadal) shifts, and (4) evaluate how vegetation, water and energy processes co-evolve to determine variability and system change.  We invite contributions investigating the response of hydrologic fluxes (e.g., precipitation, evapotranspiration, streamflow) and storages (e.g., soil moisture, snowpack) to short- or long-term changes in vegetation (e.g., forest disturbances, land use change) and climate (e.g., change and natural variability, energy availability), and how hydrologic change consequently impacts local vegetation in mountainous catchments.  We welcome studies that employ mechanistic modeling, field observations, and/or remote sensing at plot to catchment scales.
Primary Convener:  Mark S Raleigh, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
Convener:  Keith N Musselman, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States
Chairs:  Keith N Musselman, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States and Mark S Raleigh, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Keith N Musselman, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • C - Cryosphere
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1878 Water/energy interactions [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Classification of Snowfall Events and Their Effect on Canopy Interception Efficiency in a Temperate Montane Forest. (79178)
Travis R. Roth, Bonneville Power Administration, Weather and Streamflow Forecasting, Portland, OR, United States and Anne W. Nolin, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, OR, United States
Effects of Sloped Terrain and Forest Stand Maturity on Evapotranspiration in a Boreal Forested Catchment (85508)
Pierre-Erik Isabelle1, Daniel Nadeau1, Annie-Claude Parent1, Alain N Rousseau2, Sylvain Jutras3 and Francois Anctil1, (1)Laval University, Civil and Water Engineering, Quebec City, QC, Canada, (2)Professeur-chercheur titulaire, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Eau Terre Environnement INRS-ETE, Eau Terre Environnement, Quebec City, QC, Canada, (3)Laval University, Wood and Forest Science, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Early snowmelt decreases ablation period carbon uptake in a high elevation, subalpine forest, Niwot Ridge, Colorado, USA (67580)
Taylor Scott Winchell1, Noah P Molotch2 and Dave Michael Barnard1, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Geography / INSTAAR, Boulder, United States
Quantifying the Effect of Thinning Vegetation on Evapotranspiration in a Mountainous Watershed through Remote Sensing: Improving Water Balance Estimates for Managed Aquifer Recharge (86457)
Peter ReVelle, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, United States and Jan M H Hendrickx, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, NM, United States
Hydrological responses in water loss due to thinning of forested watersheds in Japan using the short-term water balance method (81142)
Kimika Sano1, Takashi Gomi2, Marino Hiraoka1, Takanori Sato3 and Yuichi Onda4, (1)Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, (2)United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, (3)University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (4)University of Tsukuba, Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, Tsukuba, Japan
Observed Changes in Mountain Hydrology Following a Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in the Snowy Range of Wyoming (75592)
Alan Louis Klatt1, Scott N Miller2, Ginger B Paige3, Thijs Kelleners4, Noriaki Ohara5 and Matthew M Hayes1, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)Univ Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Ecosystem Science and Management, Laramie, United States, (4)University of Wyoming, Department of Ecosystem Science & Management, Laramie, United States, (5)University of Wyoming, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Laramie, WY, United States
Influence of Terrain and Land Cover on the Isotopic Composition of Seasonal Snowpack in Rocky Mountain Headwater Catchments Affected by Bark Beetle Induced Tree Mortality (83895)
Evan L Kipnis1, Melanie Murphy2, Alan Louis Klatt1, Scott N Miller3 and David G Williams4, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, (3)Univ Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (4)University of Wyoming, Botany, Laramie, United States
Shifting of Dominant Hydrological Processes in Headwater Catchments Under a Changing Climate (66074)
Steven R Fassnacht, Colorado State University, Watershed Science, Fort Collins, United States, Yuefei Huang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Anna Pfohl, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Ryan Webb, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
Riparian Zone Evapotranspiration Estimates using Streamflow Diel Signals (79988)
Ethan Geisler1, Jim P McNamara2, Shawn G Benner2 and Alejandro N Flores3, (1)Boise State University, Boise, ID, United States, (2)Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States, (3)Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, United States
Explaining streamflow variability of the Gila and Rio Grande rivers : Pacific teleconnections and catchment-scale interaction of the hydrological cycle with vegetation and soil moisture (70140)
Madeleine Pascolini-Campbell, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Richard Seager, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Impact of land surface conditions on the predictability of hydrologic processes and mountain-valley circulations in the North American Monsoon region (74586)
Tiantian Xiang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, Enrique R Vivoni, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, United States, David J Gochis, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Giuseppe Mascaro, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States

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