Effects of spatial and temporal variability in surface  water inputs on streamflow generation and  cessation in the rain–snow transition zone

Kiewiet, Leonie; Trujillo, Ernesto; Hedrick, Andrew; Havens, Scott; Hale, Katherine; Seyfried, Mark; Kampf, Stephanie; Godsey, Sarah E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2779-2022

Articles | Volume 26, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2779-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2779-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 26, issue 10

Research article

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01 Jun 2022

Research article |

| 01 Jun 2022

Effects of spatial and temporal variability in surface water inputs on streamflow generation and cessation in the rain–snow transition zone

Leonie Kiewiet, Ernesto Trujillo, Andrew Hedrick, Scott Havens, Katherine Hale, Mark Seyfried, Stephanie Kampf, and Sarah E. Godsey

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2779-2022-supplement

Data sets

Data from: Eleven years of mountain weather, snow, soil moisture and stream flow data from the rain-snow transition zone -- the Johnston Draw catchment, Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory, USA, v1.1. Ag Data Commons S. E. Godsey, D. G. Marks, P. R. Kormos, M. S. Seyfried, C. L. Enslin, J. P. McNamara, and T. E. Link https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1402076

Short summary

Climate change affects precipitation phase, which can propagate into changes in streamflow timing and magnitude. This study examines how variations in rainfall and snowmelt affect discharge. We found that annual discharge and stream cessation depended on the magnitude and timing of rainfall and snowmelt and on the snowpack melt-out date. This highlights the importance of precipitation timing and emphasizes the need for spatiotemporally distributed simulations of snowpack and rainfall dynamics.