Are the effects of vegetation and soil changes as important as climate change impacts on hydrological processes?

Rasouli, Kabir; Pomeroy, John W.; Whitfield, Paul H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4933-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4933-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4933-2019

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Articles | Volume 23, issue 12

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03 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 03 Dec 2019

Are the effects of vegetation and soil changes as important as climate change impacts on hydrological processes?

Kabir Rasouli, John W. Pomeroy, and Paul H. Whitfield

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Final revised paper (published on 03 Dec 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 20 May 2019)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Rasouli et al. Are the effects of vegetation and soil changes as important as climate impacts on hydrological processes?', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Response to comments on HESS-2019-214-RC1', Kabir Rasouli, 14 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Review 2', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to comments on HESS-2019-214-RC2', Kabir Rasouli, 14 Oct 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (16 Oct 2019) by Sean Carey

AR by Kabir Rasouli on behalf of the Authors (17 Oct 2019) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Nov 2019) by Sean Carey

AR by Kabir Rasouli on behalf of the Authors (06 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The combined effects of changes in climate, vegetation, and soils on mountain hydrology were modeled in three mountain basins. In the Yukon, an insignificant increasing effect of vegetation change on snow was found to be important enough to offset the climate change effect. In the Canadian Rockies, a combined effect of soil and climate change on runoff became significant, whereas their individual effects were not significant. Only vegetation change decreased runoff in the basin in Idaho.