TY - JOUR
T1 - Comment on “Climate and agricultural land use change impacts on streamflow in the upper midwestern United States” by Satish C. Gupta et al.
AU - Schottler, Shawn
AU - Ulrich, Jason
AU - Engstrom, Daniel
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - We challenge the assertions of the study by Gupta et al. (doi:10.1002/2015WR017323) that land use, land cover change (LULC) has had minimal or no effect on hydrology in Minnesota's rivers. Statistical analyses actually demonstrate that something other than changes in precipitation (and soil moisture) must be contributing to increases in runoff ratio and flow. The analysis presented by Gupta et al. (doi:10.1002/2015WR017323) fails to directly address the fundamental purpose and mechanism of artificial drainage, which is to reduce water residence time on the landscape, thereby reducing ET (and soil wetness) and routing this water to rivers instead.
AB - We challenge the assertions of the study by Gupta et al. (doi:10.1002/2015WR017323) that land use, land cover change (LULC) has had minimal or no effect on hydrology in Minnesota's rivers. Statistical analyses actually demonstrate that something other than changes in precipitation (and soil moisture) must be contributing to increases in runoff ratio and flow. The analysis presented by Gupta et al. (doi:10.1002/2015WR017323) fails to directly address the fundamental purpose and mechanism of artificial drainage, which is to reduce water residence time on the landscape, thereby reducing ET (and soil wetness) and routing this water to rivers instead.
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U2 - 10.1002/2015WR018497
DO - 10.1002/2015WR018497
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:84988014906
SN - 0043-1397
VL - 52
SP - 6691
EP - 6698
JO - Water Resources Research
JF - Water Resources Research
IS - 8
ER -
