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Human Amplified Changes in Precipitation-Runoff Patterns in Large River Basins of The Midwestern United States

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Title Human Amplified Changes in Precipitation-Runoff Patterns in Large River Basins of The Midwestern United States
Creator Kelly, Sara A. Takbiri, Zeinab Belmont, Patrick Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi
Description Complete transformations of land cover from prairie, wetlands, and hardwood forests to homogenous row crop agriculture scattered with urban centers are thought to have caused profound changes in hydrology in the Upper Midwestern US since the 1800s. Continued intensification of land use and drainage practices combined with increased precipitation have caused many Midwest watersheds to exhibit higher streamflows today than in the historical past. While changes in crop type and farming practices...
Date 2016-11-11T08:00:00Z
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Identifier https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/1003 info:doi/10.5194/hess-21-5065-2017 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/wats_facpub/article/2016/viewcontent/hess_2016_571.pdf
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Source Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications
Publisher Hosted by Utah State University Libraries
Contributor European Geosciences Union
Subject Life Sciences Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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