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TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface runoff at the Horton hydrologic laboratory (or not?).
AU - Beven, Keith J.
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - In the 1930s, Robert Horton analysed the data from his small experimental catchment at the Horton Hydrological Laboratory in Voorheesville, New York State. He also carried out a series of sprinkling infiltration experiments which suggest that infiltration rates over much of the catchment area set to meadow and grassland would be sufficient to infiltrate much of the rainfall, except under extreme rainfall conditions. The assumptions of his analysis are examined in detail and evidence for other explanations of the observed runoff coefficients considered. Finally, it is possible that the results of a plot experiment in 1932, for which runoff was measured continuously using a tipping bucket, are evidence that subsurface stormflow might be a significant runoff mechanism on this basin.
AB - In the 1930s, Robert Horton analysed the data from his small experimental catchment at the Horton Hydrological Laboratory in Voorheesville, New York State. He also carried out a series of sprinkling infiltration experiments which suggest that infiltration rates over much of the catchment area set to meadow and grassland would be sufficient to infiltrate much of the rainfall, except under extreme rainfall conditions. The assumptions of his analysis are examined in detail and evidence for other explanations of the observed runoff coefficients considered. Finally, it is possible that the results of a plot experiment in 1932, for which runoff was measured continuously using a tipping bucket, are evidence that subsurface stormflow might be a significant runoff mechanism on this basin.
KW - Horton Hydrology Laboratory
KW - Infiltration capacity
KW - La Grange Brook
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.02.001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 293
SP - 219
EP - 234
JO - Journal of Hydrology
JF - Journal of Hydrology
IS - 1-4
ER -