An Ecohydrological Approach for Modeling Vegetation Cover Based Upon Equilibrium Soil Moisture Availability



Craig N. Goodwin(1)  and David G. Tarboton(2)
(1)  Rangeland Resources Department and Watershed Science Unit, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, U.S.A.
(2) Utah Water Research Laboratory and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, U.S.A.

Presented (as a poster) at the
AGU Chapman Conference on State-of-the-Art in Hillslope Hydrology
Sunriver, Oregon
October 9, 2001

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An Ecohydrological Approach for Modeling Vegetation Cover Based Upon Equilibrium Soil Moisture Availability

Abstract

Approach and Assumptions

Hydrology Component: Basis

Hydrology Component: Implementation

Ecology Component: Basis 

Ecology Component: Implementation

Ecology Component: Field Data Collection Methods

Example: Kendall Watershed, Arizona

Example: Kendall Watershed, Arizona

Topography and Solar Radiation

Discharge and Infiltration

Landscape Moisture Index

Cover Frequency Chart

Species Distribution

Other Potential Indices: Do They Work As Well?

Acknowledgement

References

Author: Craig Goodwin 

Email: goodwin@cc.usu.edu

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