Relationships among forest type, watershed characteristics, and watershed ET in rural basins of the Southeastern US

Climate and Landscape Controls on the Water Balance in Temperate Forest Ecosystems: Testing Large Scale Controls on Undisturbed Catchments in the Central Appalachian Mountains of the US

“…Bai et al (2020) reached that conclusion after the analysis of small catchments in China and indicate that these could be caused by the added complexity of the hydrologic behavior of smaller catchments. Similarly, Yang et al (2009), found that the Hai River Basin, a vast plain area in northern China had negative correlations between vegetation and Budyko's n, which could be caused by the non-linear relationship between E and P. In particular, to the southern Appalachian Mountains, Younger et al (2020) found that only needle evergreen forest favored evaporation while deciduous forest favored runoff and total forest cover had no significant relationship to evaporation.…”

“…(2009), found that the Hai River Basin, a vast plain area in northern China had negative correlations between vegetation and Budyko's n , which could be caused by the non‐linear relationship between E and P. In particular, to the southern Appalachian Mountains, Younger et al. (2020) found that only needle evergreen forest favored evaporation while deciduous forest favored runoff and total forest cover had no significant relationship to evaporation. There, elevation, temperature, and available soil water storage were better related to evaporation than the vegetation cover (Younger et al., 2020).…”

“…(2020) found that only needle evergreen forest favored evaporation while deciduous forest favored runoff and total forest cover had no significant relationship to evaporation. There, elevation, temperature, and available soil water storage were better related to evaporation than the vegetation cover (Younger et al., 2020). Interpretation of such results can take several avenues, such as a hydrologic paradox (Teuling, 2018); a matter of scale (Zhang et al., 2017) or even to novel considerations of how vast forested areas affect the water balance (Ellison et al., 2012; Sheil, 2018).…”

“…Similarly, Yang et al, 2009, found that the Hai River Basin, a vast plain area in northern China had negative correlations between vegetation and Budyko's n, which could be caused by the non-linear relationship between E and P. In particular, to the southern Appalachian mountains, Younger et al (2020) found that only needle evergreen forest favored evaporation while deciduous forest favored runoff and total forest cover had no significant relationship to evaporation. There, elevation, temperature and available soil water storage were better related to evaporation than the vegetation cover (Younger et al, 2020). Interpretation of such results can take several avenues, such as a hydrologic paradox (Teuling, 2018); a matter of scale (Zhang et al, 2017) or even to novel considerations of how vast forested areas affect the water balance (Ellison et al, 2012;Sheil, 2018).…”

A catchment water balance assessment of an abrupt shift in evapotranspiration at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA

“…Increases in ET have been documented and are expected with climate change (Brutsaert 2017, Tsuruta et al 2020, Gaertner et al 2019, Younger et al 2020, Pascoloni-Campbell et al 2021.…”