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Variations of Annual Evapotranspiration nnd Discharge in Three Different Forest-Type Catchments, Gyeonggido, South Korea  

Kim Kyong-Ha (Department of Forest Environment, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Jeong Yong-Ho (Department of Forest Environment, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.8, no.3, 2006 , pp. 174-182 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to clarify the effects of forest stand changes on hydrological components of evapotranspiration and discharge. The forest-hydrological experimental stations in Gwangneung and Yangju, Gyeonggido near metropolitan Seoul have been operated by the Korea Forest Research Institute since 1979 to clarify the effects of forest types and practices on the water resources and nutrient cycling and soil loss. The hydrological regime of the forested catchments may change as forests develop. The ranges of change may be different depending on forest types. Evapotranspiration can be estimated to 679mm, 580mm and 368mm in planted young coniferous (PYC), natural old-growth deciduous (NOD) and rehabilitated young mixed (RYM), respectively. The slope of the discharge-duration curve shows the capacity of discharge control in a specific catchment. The slope tended to be steeper in RYM than NOD, the better forest condition. The slope in RYM became more gentle as the forest stand developed. Forests can modulate peak flows through interception, evapotranspiration and soil storage opportunity. PYC and RYM showed 100 and 50mm of threshold rainfall for modulating peak flows, respectively. The deciduous forest did not represent sudden changes of peak flow rates to rainfall, even 200 mm rainfall Forest development in PYC may play an important role in modulation of peak flows because peak flow rates reduced after 10 years.
Keywords
Evapotranspiration; Discharge-duration curve; Peak flows;
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