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ArticleHydrological processes2019

An analytical approach to ascertain saturation-excess versus infiltration-excess overland flow in urban and reference landscapes.

Ryan D Stewart, Aditi S Bhaskar, Anthony J Parolari, Dustin L Herrmann, Jinshi Jian, Laura A Schifman, William D Shuster

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Article in Hydrological processes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Journal of the American Water Resources Association · 2021
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  2. Iterative scenarios for social-ecological systems.Ecology and society : a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability · 2021
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  3. Urbanization drives convergence in soil profile texture and carbon content.Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Ryan D StewartSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Aditi S BhaskarDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
Anthony J ParolariDepartment of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, United States.
Dustin L HerrmannOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Research Participant Program with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Jinshi JianSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Laura A SchifmanDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.
William D ShusterUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Environmental Protection Agency · USBoston University · USColorado State University · USJoint Global Change Research Institute · USMarquette University · USVirginia Tech · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uncontrolled overland flow drives flooding, erosion, and contaminant transport, with the severity of these outcomes often amplified in urban areas. In pervious media such as urban soils, overland flow is initiated via either infiltration-excess (where precipitation rate exceeds infiltration capacity) or saturation-excess (when precipitation volume exceeds soil profile storage) mechanisms. These processes call for different management strategies, making it important for municipalities to discern between them. In this study, we derived a generalized one-dimensional model that distinguishes between infiltration-excess overland flow (IEOF) and saturation-excess overland flow (SEOF) using Green-Ampt infiltration concepts. Next, we applied this model to estimate overland flow generation from pervious areas in 11 U.S. cities. We used rainfall forcing that represented low- and high-intensity events and compared responses among measured urban versus predevelopment reference soil hydraulic properties. The derivation showed that the propensity for IEOF versus SEOF is related to the equivalence between two nondimensional ratios: (a) precipitation rate to depth-weighted hydraulic conductivity and (b) depth of soil profile restrictive layer to soil capillary potential. Across all cities, reference soil profiles were associated with greater IEOF for the high-intensity set of storms, and urbanized soil profiles tended towards production of SEOF during the lower intensity set of storms. Urban soils produced more cumulative overland flow as a fraction of cumulative precipitation than did reference soils, particularly under conditions associated with SEOF. These results will assist cities in identifying the type and extent of interventions needed to manage storm water produced from pervious areas.

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Infiltrationsstorm water run‐offurban hydrologyurban soil

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PMID32831472
PMCPMC7433200
OpenAlexW2966386244

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