Rainfall and streamflow from small tree-covered and fern-covered and burned watersheds in Hawaii

H. W. Anderson; P. D. Duffy; Teruo Yamamoto

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Rainfall and streamflow from small tree-covered and fern-covered and burned watersheds in Hawaii

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Authors:

H. W. Anderson, P. D. Duffy, Teruo Yamamoto

Year:

1966

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Paper PSW-RP-34. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest & Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture; 10 p

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Abstract

Streamflow from two 30-acre watersheds near Honolulu was studied by using principal components regression analysis. Models using data on monthly, storm, and peak discharges were tested against several variables expressing amount and intensity of rainfall, and against variables expressing antecedent rainfall. Explained variation ranged from 78 to 94 percent. The analysis provided some clues as to the dominant hydrologic processes under three different watershed conditions.

Citation

Anderson, H. W.; Duffy, P. D.; Yamamoto, Teruo. 1966. Rainfall and streamflow from small tree-covered and fern-covered and burned watersheds in Hawaii. Res. Paper PSW-RP-34. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest & Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture; 10 p