Sentence examples for patterns of runoff from inspiring English sources

The differences in intra-annual patterns of runoff coefficients and runoff generation mechanisms can be partly explained by the seasonality of climate forcing and water table position.

Specifically, we explore the spatial patterns of runoff production source areas and examine how surface topography and patterns of snow cover, snow water equivalent, soil water content, and thawed layer depth – which we measured on a 10 m grid across our 46,600 m2 hillslope – affect melt water partitioning and runoff connectivity.

Spatial patterns of runoff and recharge differ based on variability in bedrock permeability and potential soil storage.

Urban land use and land cover change significantly affect spatial and temporal patterns of runoff, which in turn impacts surface water quality (Wilson and Weng 2010; Arnold and Gibbons 1996).

Analysis of rainfall and runoff data at the event scale revealed a seasonal switching pattern of runoff coefficients.

The magnitude of the runoff response by the vegetation change may not exceed the direct response from hydro-climate change; however, the spatial pattern of runoff change due to vegetation indicates that vegetation change may offset or be complementary to increase in runoff due to enhanced precipitation under climate warming.

The less than optimum performance of the non-indigenous practice is caused in part by not taking the varying landscape and climate conditions into account that determine the spatial pattern of runoff and erosion and thereby the performance of soil and water conservation practices.

The landscapes simulated by the models were then input to a precipitation-runoff model (the Hydrologic Engineering Center's Hydrologic Modeling System; HEC-HMS) to assess the impact of land-use patterns on runoff in the watershed and sub-watershed scales.

Human intervention has strongly altered patterns of river runoff.

Factor analysis of streamflow records (1956 1988) from 32 US Geological Survey gauging stations within the Great Lakes basin revealed distinct spatio-temporal patterns of stream runoff within five different regions of the basin.

The introduction of large wood-chip mills in the area since the late 20th century stirred great controversy, because those mills are capable of stripping thousands of acres of forestland in a relatively short time span, greatly modifying wildlife habitats, patterns of water runoff, and the rate of soil erosion.