Forest Hydrology Processes, Management and Assessment 0002749610.INDD 1 5/25/2016 9:30:26 PM 0002749610.INDD 2 5/25/2016 9:30:26 PM Forest Hydrology Processes, Management and Assessment Edited by Devendra M. Amatya Center for Forested Wetlands Research, USDA Forest Service, Cordesville, South Carolina, USA Thomas M. Williams Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Clemson University, Georgetown, South Carolina, USA Leon Bren Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria, Australia Carmen de Jong LIVE, Faculty of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France 0002749610.INDD 3 5/25/2016 9:30:27 PM CABI is a trading name of CAB International CABI CABI Nosworthy Way 745 Atlantic Avenue Wallingford 8th Floor Oxfordshire OX10 8DE Boston, MA 02111 UK USA Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111 Tel: +1 (617)682-9015 Fax: +44 (0)1491 833508 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cabi.org © CAB International and USDA, 2016. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Amatya, Devendra, editor. Title: Forest hydrology : processes, management and assessment / [edited by] Devendra M Amatya, Thomas M Williams, Leon Bren, and Carmen de Jong. Description: Boston, MA : CAB International, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016013391| ISBN 9781780646602 (alk. paper) | ISBN 9781780646626 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Forest hydrology. Classification: LCC GB842 .F663 2016 | DDC 551.480915/2--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016013391 ISBN-13: 978 1 78064 6660 2 Commissioning editors: Nicki Dennis and Ward Cooper Associate editor: Alexandra Lainsbury Production editor: Tim Kapp Typeset by SPi, Pondicherry, India Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY 0002749610.INDD 4 5/25/2016 9:30:27 PM Contents Contributors vii Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii 1. An Introduction to Forest Hydrology 1 L. Bren 2. Forest Runoff Processes 17 T.M. Williams 3. Forest Evapotranspiration: Measurement and Modelling at Multiple Scales 32 G. Sun, J.-C. Domec and D.M. Amatya 4. Forest Hydrology of Mountainous and Snow-Dominated Watersheds 51 W. Elliot, M. Dobre, A. Srivastava, K. Elder, T. Link and E. Brooks 5. European Perspectives on Forest Hydrology 69 C. de Jong 6. Tropical Forest Hydrology 88 T. Kumagai, H. Kanamori and N.A. Chappell 7. Hydrology of Flooded and Wetland Forests 103 T.M. Williams, K.W. Krauss and T. Okruszko 8. Forest Drainage 124 R.W. Skaggs, S. Tian, G.M. Chescheir, D.M. Amatya and M.A. Youssef 9. Hydrological Modelling in Forested Systems 141 H.E. Golden, G.R. Evenson, S. Tian, D.M. Amatya and G. Sun 10. Geospatial Technology Applications in Forest Hydrology 162 S.S. Panda, E. Masson, S. Sen, H. Kim and D.M. Amatya v 0002749610.INDD 5 5/25/2016 9:30:27 PM vi Contents 11. Forest Cover Changes and Hydrology in Large Watersheds 180 X. Wei, Q. Li, M. Zhang, W. Liu and H. Fan 12. Hydrological Effects of Forest Management 192 J.D. Stednick and C.A. Troendle 13. Hydrology of Forests after Wildfire 204 P.R. Robichaud 14. Hydrological Processes of Reference Watersheds in Experimental Forests, USA 219 D.M. Amatya, J. Campbell, P. Wohlgemuth, K. Elder, S. Sebestyen, S. Johnson, E.Keppeler, M.B Adams, P. Caldwell and D. Misra 15. Applications of Forest Hydrological Science to Watershed Management in the 21st Century 240 J.M. Vose, K.L. Martin and P.K. Barten 16. Hydrology of Taiga Forests in High Northern Latitudes 254 A. Onuchin, T. Burenina, A. Shvidenko, G. Guggenberger and A. Musokhranova 17. Future Directions in Forest Hydrology 270 T.M. Williams, D.M. Amatya, L. Bren, C. de Jong and J.E. Nettles Index 281 0002749610.INDD 6 5/25/2016 9:30:27 PM List of Contributors Mary B. Adams, Fernow Experimental Forest, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Devendra M. Amatya, Santee Experimental Forest/Center for Forested Wetlands Research, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Cordesville, South Carolina, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Paul K. Barten, Department of Environmental Conservation, College of Natural Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Leon Bren, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] Erin Brooks, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Tamara Burenina, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] Peter Caldwell, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Otto, North Carolina, USA. E-mail: [email protected] John Campbell, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Durham, New Hampshire, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Nick A. Chappell, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. E-mail: [email protected] George M. Chescheir, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Carmen de Jong, LIVE, Faculty of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Strasbourg, Stras- bourg, France. E-mail: [email protected] Mariana Dobre, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Jean-Christophe Domec, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Bordeaux Sciences AGRO, UMR1391/ISPA/INRA, Gradignan, France. E-mail: [email protected] Kelly Elder, Fraser Experimental Forest, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. E-mail: [email protected] William Elliot, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, Idaho, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Grey R. Evenson, Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education, c/o Office of Research and Devel- opment, National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. E-mail: [email protected] vii 0002749610.INDD 7 5/25/2016 9:30:28 PM viii List of Contributors Houbao Fan, Institute of Ecology & Environmental Science, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China. E-mail: [email protected] Heather E. Golden, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Georg Guggenberger, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany. E-mail: guggenberger@ifbk. uni-hannover.de Sherri Johnson, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Hironari Kanamori, Institute for Space–Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] Elizabeth Keppeler, Caspar Creek Experimental Watershed, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Fort Bragg, California, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Hyunwoo Kim, Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Anyang University, Anyang, Republic of Korea. E-mail: [email protected] Ken W. Krauss, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, US Geological Survey, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Tomo’omi Kumagai, Institute for Space–Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] Qiang Li, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of British Columbia ( Okanagan Campus), Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. E-mail: [email protected] Tim Link, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Wenfei Liu, Institute of Ecology & Environmental Science, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China. E-mail: [email protected] Katherine L. Martin, Center for Integrated Forest Science, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service; Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Eric Masson, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Lille, France. E-mail: Eric.Masson@ univ-lille1.fr Debasmita Misra, Caribou-Poker Experimental Forest, University of Alaska–Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Anastasia Musokhranova, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] Jami E Nettles, Weyerhaeuser Company, Columbus, Mississippi, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Tomasz Okruszko, Division of Hydrology and Water Resources, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Gdan´sk, Poland. E-mail: [email protected] Alexander V.N. Onuchin, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] Sudhanshu S. Panda, Institute of Environmental Spatial Analysis, University of North Georgia, Gainesville, Georgia, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Peter R. Robichaud,