2012
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9460
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Soil moisture and rainfall intensity thresholds for runoff generation in southwestern Wisconsin agricultural watersheds

Abstract: The goal of this study was to improve understanding of the factors that influence runoff generation during non-frozen ground periods in small agricultural watersheds in southwestern Wisconsin where the landscapes are controlled by dolostone bedrock in order to provide agricultural producers with a manure management tool. Six small watersheds (ranging from 6 to 17 ha) within two southwestern Wisconsin farm sites (Discovery Farms Program (DFP) and Pioneer Farm (PF)) were instrumented, and surface runoff was cont… Show more

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“…However, the linkage between precipitation and flooding is more nuanced at larger scales, in non-urban areas, and for all but the most extreme precipitation events. In addition, the hydrology literature itself has numerous studies investigating controls on flooding, with most indicating that a primary control besides precipitation is antecedent watershed wetness (e.g., Li et al 2009;Tramblay et al 2010;Shaw and Riha 2011;Radatz et al 2013;Georgakakos et al 2014). Furthermore, nearly all rainfall-runoff models track antecedent watershed wetness such that the fraction of rainfall converted to runoff increases as stored water increases (e.g., Massari et al 2014).…”
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“…However, the linkage between precipitation and flooding is more nuanced at larger scales, in non-urban areas, and for all but the most extreme precipitation events. In addition, the hydrology literature itself has numerous studies investigating controls on flooding, with most indicating that a primary control besides precipitation is antecedent watershed wetness (e.g., Li et al 2009;Tramblay et al 2010;Shaw and Riha 2011;Radatz et al 2013;Georgakakos et al 2014). Furthermore, nearly all rainfall-runoff models track antecedent watershed wetness such that the fraction of rainfall converted to runoff increases as stored water increases (e.g., Massari et al 2014).…”
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“…But, the same limitations that keep discharge from being as broadly discussed as precipitation also keep the relationship between discharge and precipitation from being studied in a universal way. In part because of the need to carefully select watersheds with minimal human influences, hydrologic studies are often more focused on a small number of watersheds (e.g., Shaw and Riha 2011;Tramblay et al 2010;Radatz et al 2013). Additionally, the studies often include a modeling component (e.g., Tramblay et al 2010;Van Steenbergen and Willems 2013;Berthet et al 2009).…”
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“…As such, thresholds can be used as a classification tool to better conceptualize how runoff response behaves under a range of conditions (Ali et al, , 2015. Moreover, thresholds have been found in the relationship between different variables, including soil moisture and streamflow (e.g., Zehe et al, 2010;Radatz et al, 2013), soil moisture and runoff ratios (James and Roulet, 2007), soil moisture and shallow groundwater (Latron and Gallart, 2008), subsurface stormflow and rainfall McDonnell, 2006a, 2006b;McGuire 2010a, 2010b), runoff ratios and precipitation intensity (Lehmann et al, 2007;Radatz et al, 2013), and a combination of antecedent soil moisture plus rainfall and stormflow McGuire 2010a, 2010b;Fu et al, 2013;Farrick and Branfireun, 2014). Different types of hydrological thresholds have been observed and described at RVC and its subcatchments.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…V-notched weirs and flumes have also been used to measure runoff at the plot scale (Hashim et al, 1995;Radatz et al, 2013), as well as for measuring surface runoff in larger catchments (Hudson, 1993). However, these installations are often expensive, with a per-plot cost that can exceed USD 5000 (Pinson et al, 2004).…”
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“…Surface runoff generation can occur at multiple scales, ranging from small pools of excess water that propagate downhill to stream networks that drain large catchments (Horton, 1939;Betson, 1964;Hewlett and Hibbert, 1967;Dunne and Black, 1970;Goodrich et al, 1994;Van de Giesen et al, 2000;Stomph et al, 2001Stomph et al, , 2002aMcDonnell, 2003;Descroix et al, 2007;Blume et al, 2008;McGuire and McDonnell, 2010;Ali et al, 2013;Jones et al, 2013;Radatz et al, 2013;Steenhuis et al, 2013;Blair et al, 2014;Stewart et al, 2014). Runoff is a primary cause of erosion and can drive nutrient losses from watersheds (Aksoy and Kavvas, 2005;Butler et al, 2008;Nearing et al, 2011).…”
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confidence: 99%