H23N:
Comparative Disturbance Hydrology: Hydrologic and Geomorphic Effects of Wildland Fire and Other Disturbances from Point to Regional Scales I

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Session ID#: 34876

Session Description:
In the face of increasing extent and rate of landscape disturbance across the globe, a comparative disturbance hydrology approach is valuable for ensuring ecosystem service security. This session explores similarities and differences between hydrologic and geomorphic responses to wildfire and other landscape disturbances using a comparative approach. We seek to improve conceptual and predictive models of the impacts of disturbance on ecosystem services across provisioning (e.g. water supply), regulating (e.g. natural hazard protection), and supporting (e.g. soil formation) functions. Key to this improvement is cross-scale analysis comparing and synthesizing results from disturbed watersheds from point to regional scales. A broad range of approaches including field and laboratory studies, remote sensing analysis, and numerical modeling is essential for this comparative approach. We seek submissions that characterize individual or multiple landscape disturbances at single or multiple locations across regions. Efforts that interface with water, land, and disaster management are encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Joe Wagenbrenner, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Arcata, CA, United States
Conveners:  Brian A Ebel, Water Resources Mission Area, U.S. Geological Survey, Burlington, United States, Nicolas Zegre, West Virginia University, Davis College School of Natural Resources, Morgantown, United States and Kevin D. Bladon, Oregon State University, Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Corvallis, OR, United States
Chairs:  Brian A Ebel, USGS, Earth System Processes Division, Lakewood, CO, United States, Joe Wagenbrenner, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Arcata, CA, United States, Kevin D. Bladon, Deleted, Corvallis, OR, United States and Nicolas Zegre, West Virginia University, Davis College School of Natural Resources, Morgantown, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Kevin D. Bladon, Deleted, Corvallis, OR, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

1815 Erosion [HYDROLOGY]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1836 Hydrological cycles and budgets [HYDROLOGY]
1850 Overland flow [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Stream Water, Carbon and Total Nitrogen Load Responses to a Simulated Emerald Ash Borer Infestation in Black Ash Dominated Headwater Wetlands (290589)
Matthew J Van Grinsven1, Joe Shannon2, Nam Jin Noh3, Evan S Kane3,4, Nicholas W Bolton3, Joshua Davis3, Joe Wagenbrenner5, Stephen D Sebestyen6, Randy Kolka7 and Thomas G Pypker8, (1)Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, United States, (2)Michigan Technological University, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Houghton, United States, (3)Michigan Technological University, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States, (4)USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Houghton, United States, (5)USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Arcata, CA, United States, (6)USDA Forest Service, Vallejo, CA, United States, (7)USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Grand Rapids, United States, (8)Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada
Elevated Annual Runoff Ratios in Pacific Northwest Catchments Impacted by Epidemic Foliage Disease of Douglas-fir (276928)
Kevin D. Bladon1, Sharon Bywater-Reyes2, Jared M. LeBoldus3, Catalina Segura1, Gabriela Ritokova3 and David C. Shaw3, (1)Oregon State University, Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)University of Northern Colorado, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Greeley, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Corvallis, OR, United States
Forest restoration as a strategy to mitigate climate impacts on wildfire, vegetation, and water in semi-arid forests of the southwestern U.S. (260497)
Frances C O'Donnell1, William T Flatley2, Sharon Masek Lopez3, Peter Z Fulé4 and Abraham E Springer3, (1)Auburn University, Civil Engineering, Auburn, AL, United States, (2)University of Central Arkansas, Department of Geography, Conway, AR, United States, (3)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (4)Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Monitoring burned and unburned hillslopes from North Carolina to southern California: insights into hydrologic and geomorphic controls on disturbance-recovery cycles (Invited) (253287)
Benjamin B Mirus1,2, Jason W Kean1, Joel Smith3, Dennis M Staley4, Rick Wooten5, Bart Cattanach5, Francis K Rengers6, Luke McGuire7, Jonathan Godt8 and Ning Lu9, (1)USGS, Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO, United States, (2)USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, United States, (4)USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Landslide Hazards Program, Golden, CO, United States, (5)North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Mooresville, NC, United States, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, United States, (7)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, United States, (8)USGS, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Golden, United States, (9)Colorado School Mines, Golden, United States
Hydrological Effects of Recent Wildfires in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (275171)
Jingjing Chen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States and Ryan D. Stewart, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, United States
Mitigating Hillslope Erosion After Post-fire Salvage Logging Operations (233772)
Peter R Robichaud, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, United States, Edwin Daniel Bone, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States and Robert E. Brown, US Forest Service Moscow, Moscow, ID, United States
Post-fire Water Quality Response and Associated Physical Drivers (219456)
Ashley Rust, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, Samuel Saxe, U.S. Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division, Water Resources Mission Area, Lakewood, United States, Terri S Hogue, Colorado School of Mines, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, John E McCray, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, United States and Charles Rhoades, US Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Wildfire in the Critical Zone: Pyro-Geomorphic Feedbacks in Upland Forests (Invited) (264665)
Gary J Sheridan1, Assaf Inbar2, Daniel Metzen3, Rene Van der Sant4, Patrick N J Lane1 and Petter Nyman5, (1)University of Melbourne, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Parkville, VIC, Australia, (2)The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, (3)Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Richmond, NSW, Australia, (4)University of Melbourne, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Parkville, Australia, (5)University of Melbourne, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Parkville, VIC, Australia

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