Authors

D. Wang;L. Wu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

Keywords

DISTRIBUTED PHYSIOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTORS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE RELATIONS; DRAINAGE DENSITY; WATER-BALANCE; MODEL; SEASONALITY; USA; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Water Resources

Abstract

Connection between perennial stream and base flow at the mean annual scale exists since one of the hydrologic functions of perennial stream is to deliver runoff even in low flow seasons. The partitioning of precipitation into runoff and evaporation at the mean annual scale, on the first order, is captured by the ratio of potential evaporation to precipitation (E-P/P called climate aridity index) based on Budyko hypothesis. Perennial stream density (D-P), which is obtained from the high resolution National Hydrography Dataset, for 185 watersheds declines monotonically with climate aridity index, and an inversely proportional function is proposed to model the relationship between D-P and E-P/P. The monotonic trend of perennial stream density reconciles with the Abrahams curve since perennial stream density is only a small portion of the total drainage density. The correlation coefficient between the ratio of base flow to precipitation (Q(b)/P), which follows a complementary Budyko type curve and perennial stream density is found to be 0.74. The similarity between Q(b)/P and D-P reveals the co-evolution between water balance and perennial stream network.

Journal Title

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volume

17

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

315

Last Page

324

WOS Identifier

WOS:000314802400020

ISSN

1027-5606

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