Forest hydrology studies the distribution, storage, movement, and quality of water and the hydrological processes in forest-dominated ecosystems. Forest hydrological science is regarded as the foundation of modern integrated water¬shed management.

In the United States, forest hydrology is deeply rooted in understanding the disastrous impacts of deforestation on climate, floods, and soil erosion during the late 1800s and the early 1900s (Hewlett, 1982).

Forest hydrology combines aspects of two separate disciplines: hydrology and forestry. Hydrology is the science that studies the waters of Earth. Hydrology seeks to understand where water occurs; how water circulates; how and why water distribution changes over time; the chemical and physical properties of water; and the relation of water to ...

Forest hydrology models can not only provide better understandings of hydrological processes at a forest stand or catchment scale, but also can be integrated with DSS to quantify hydrological responses to future forest management, such as silvicultural practices under a changing climate change (Golden et al., 2015).

Forest hydrology, the study of how water flows through forests, can help illuminate the connections between forests and water, but it must advance if it is to deal with today’s complexities, including climate change, wildfires, and changing patterns of …

2023年4月3日 · Hydrology of the forest ecosystem plays a critical role not only in ecosystem structure and functions but also in regulating the water cycle and pathways.

Hydrology of the forest ecosystem plays a critical role not only in ecosystem structure and functions but also in regulating the water cycle and pathways. Read more about Physical Hydrology here. Research that focuses on water quality has three principal facets.

2022年9月15日 · This paper provides a conceptual framework for forest restoration and hydrology, reviews the literature on forest hydrology that is relevant to forest restoration, and assesses practical forest restoration approaches, their hydrologic effects, and tradeoffs.

17.1 Forest Hydrology: What Have We Learned? Forest hydrology is a separate and unique branch of hydrology due to the special condi-tions caused by trees, and the understorey be-neath them, comprising a forest.

A Forest Service hydrologist talks water Kaci Spooner, a forest hydrology technician for the Modoc National Forest. (USDA Forest Service photo by Andrew Avitt) National forests provide an estimated 20% of the nation’s water, and 60% in California.