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dc.contributor.advisorMaxwell, Reed M.
dc.contributor.authorHein, Annette
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-30T16:01:05Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T13:11:57Z
dc.date.available2018-05-30T16:01:05Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T13:11:57Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifierHein_mines_0052N_11509.pdf
dc.identifierT 8506
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11124/172337
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description2018 Spring.
dc.description.abstractDrought is a natural disaster that may become more common in the future under climate change. It involves changes to temperature, precipitation, land cover or all three variables. A high-resolution integrated hydrologic model of the High Plains explores the individual importance of each of these factors and the feedbacks between them. The model was constructed using ParFlow-CLM, which represents surface and subsurface processes in detail with physically based equations. Numerical experiments were run to perturb vegetation, precipitation and temperature separately, as well as a baseline scenario with no changes and two multi-factor scenarios. Less precipitation caused larger anomalies in evapotranspiration, soil moisture, stream flow and water table levels than did increased temperature or disturbed land cover. However, many mechanisms including lateral flow, antecedent soil moisture and scaling affected the details of model response, thus making the behavior of multi-factor runs complex.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
dc.relation.ispartof2018 - Mines Theses & Dissertations
dc.rightsCopyright of the original work is retained by the author.
dc.titleDrought on the North American high plains: modeling effects of vegetation, temperature and rainfall perturbations on regional hydrology
dc.typeText
dc.contributor.committeememberConstantine, Paul G.
dc.contributor.committeememberKroepsch, Adrianne
dc.contributor.committeememberBenson, David A.
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.disciplineGeology and Geological Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorColorado School of Mines


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