Influence of multi-decadal land use, irrigation practices  and climate on riparian corridors across the Upper  Missouri River headwaters basin, Montana

Vanderhoof, Melanie K.; Christensen, Jay R.; Alexander, Laurie C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4269-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4269-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4269-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

Research article

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23 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 23 Oct 2019

Influence of multi-decadal land use, irrigation practices and climate on riparian corridors across the Upper Missouri River headwaters basin, Montana

Melanie K. Vanderhoof, Jay R. Christensen, and Laurie C. Alexander

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RC1: 'Good synthesis effort!', Richard marinos, 16 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to R1 comments', Melanie Vanderhoof, 13 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Reviewer Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to R2 comments', Melanie Vanderhoof, 13 Aug 2019
AC3: 'Response to all comments and tracked changes', Melanie Vanderhoof, 27 Aug 2019

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ED: Publish as is (14 Sep 2019) by Nandita Basu

AR by Melanie Vanderhoof on behalf of the Authors (17 Sep 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

We evaluated trends (1984–2016) in riparian wetness across the Upper Missouri River headwaters basin during peak irrigation months (June, July and August). We found that 8 of the 19 riparian reaches across the basin showed a significant drying trend from 1984 to 2016. The temporal drying trends persisted after removing variability attributable to climate. Instead, the drying trends co-occurred with a shift towards center-pivot irrigation across the basin.