Factors affecting large peakflows on Appalachian watersheds [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the Fernow Experimental Forest / / James N. Kochenderfer ... [and others]

• Pubblicazione: Newtown Square, PA : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, , [2007]
• Descrizione fisica: 24 pages : digital, PDF file
• Soggetto topico: Forest influences - West Virginia - Fernow Experimental Forest; Logging - Environmental aspects - West Virginia - Fernow Experimental Forest; Runoff - West Virginia - Fernow Experimental Forest
• Altri autori: KochenderferJ. N
• Note generali: "September 2007."--T.p. verso.; Title from Web page (viewed on Nov. 1, 2007).
• Sommario/riassunto: Data collected since 1951 on the Fernow Experimental Forest near Parsons, West Virginia, and at a gaging station on the nearby Cheat River since 1913 were used to evaluate factors affecting large peakflows on forested watersheds. Treatments ranged from periodic partial cuts to complete deforestation using herbicides. Total storm precipitation and average storm precipitation intensity were the most significant variables affecting peakflows, and were far more important than timber harvesting activites. Since January 1913, of the 20 highest ranked peakflows on the Cheat River at the Parsons gaging site, 11 have occurred since 1984 during a period of limited timber harvesting. These results support earlier findings that forests do not prevent floods and that prudent forest harvesting operations do not increase large flood peakflows.
• Altri titoli varianti: Factors affecting large peakflows on Appalachian watersheds
• Titolo autorizzato: Factors affecting large peakflows on Appalachian watersheds
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910696212303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II