Multiple runoff processes and multiple thresholds control agricultural runoff generation

Saffarpour, Shabnam; Western, Andrew W.; Adams, Russell; McDonnell, Jeffrey J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4525-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4525-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4525-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 11

Research article

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11 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 11 Nov 2016

Multiple runoff processes and multiple thresholds control agricultural runoff generation

Shabnam Saffarpour, Andrew W. Western, Russell Adams, and Jeffrey J. McDonnell

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript ‘Multiple runoff processes and multiple thresholds control agricultural runoff generation” by Saffarpour et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Andrew Western, 07 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Comments on Saffarpour et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Andrew Western, 07 Sep 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (07 Sep 2016) by Markus Hrachowitz

AR by Andrew Western on behalf of the Authors (19 Oct 2016)

ED: Publish as is (24 Oct 2016) by Markus Hrachowitz

AR by Andrew Western on behalf of the Authors (25 Oct 2016)

Short summary

A variety of threshold mechanisms influence the transfer of rainfall to runoff from catchments. Some of these mechanisms depend on the occurrence of intense rainfall and others depend on the catchment being wet. This article first provides a framework for considering which mechanisms are important in different situations and then uses that framework to examine the behaviour of a catchment in Australia that exhibits a mix of both rainfall intensity and catchment wetness dependent thresholds.