Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Hudson, R and Horel, G. 2007. An operational method of assessing hydrologic recovery for Vancouver Island and south coastal BC. Forest Research Technical Report TR-032, Coast Forest Region. |
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| Organization | FLNRO |
| URL | https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/rco/research/hydroreports/tr032.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | While streamflow in interior watersheds is dominated by radiation snowmelt producing a single annual peak flow event, coastal watersheds are subject to a mixture of processes with multiple peak flows, and the effect of forest harvesting on rainfall interception is at least as important as its effect on snow interception and melt. This report aims to integrate the results of coastal hydrologic recovery research into a unified method of determining hydrologic recovery of coastal forest stands. It describes an empirical model of stand level hydrologic recovery that is based on a standard set of recovery curves, and is capable of being applied in a distributed framework. The authors recognize that our understanding of this complex subject is incomplete, and the model has certain limitations. Nevertheless, the model framework represents the state of knowledge of post-disturbance coastal hydrologic recovery processes, it is simple to apply and amenable to integrate with a numerical hydrology simulator, and it is flexible enough to be easily updated as new information becomes available through ongoing research. |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Vancouver Island South, Howe Sound, Lower Fraser, Sunshine Coast |
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| Project status | complete |
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