Throughout the years, land use and land cover (LULC) changes have directly impacted the water cycle in Iowa. To better understand the hydrological response to LULC change, the Hydrological Simulation Program - FORTRAN (HSPF) model will be used to qualitatively evaluate the effects of different LULC’s and quantify the associated adjustments to model parameters. Anecdotal and observational evidence of the hydrologic response will be employed to define how model parameters should be adjusted to represent certain LULC changes. The hydrologic assessment will be of the Turkey River Watershed located in northeast Iowa, which covers approximately 1,693 square miles.
Thesis
Hydrologic response of land use and land cover changes
University of Iowa
Master of Science (MS), University of Iowa
Summer 2015
DOI: 10.17077/etd.jz10jfin
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hydrologic response of land use and land cover changes
- Creators
- Nicholas Persak Leach - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- A. Allen Bradley (Advisor)Larry J. Weber (Committee Member)Gabriele Villarini (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (MS), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Date degree season
- Summer 2015
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.jz10jfin
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- xvi, 185 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2015 Nicholas Persak Leach
- Comment
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- Language
- English
- Description illustrations
- color illustrations, color maps
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
Throughout the years, land use and land cover (LULC) changes have directly impacted the water cycle in Iowa. To better understand the hydrological response to LULC change, the Hydrological Simulation Program - FORTRAN (HSPF) model will be used to qualitatively evaluate the effects of different LULCs and quantify the associated adjustments to model parameters. Anecdotal and observational evidence of the hydrologic response will be employed to define how model parameters should be adjusted to represent certain LULC changes. The hydrologic assessment will be of the Turkey River Watershed located in northeast Iowa, which covers approximately 1,693 square miles.
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9983776934502771
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