'Cape Fear'—A Hybrid Hillslope Plot for Monitoring Hydrological Processes

Autor: Flavia Tauro, Andrea Petroselli, Aldo Fiori, Nunzio Romano, Maria Cristina Rulli, Maurizio Porfiri, Mario Palladino, Salvatore Grimaldi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Hydrology, Vol 4, Iss 3, p 35 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2306-5338
DOI: 10.3390/hydrology4030035
Popis: Innovative experimental field designs and methods are instrumental for dissecting hydrological processes in hillslopes. However, experimental studies at the catchment scale are rarely affordable to most research groups, and laboratory flumes are oversimplified to reproduce natural phenomena. In this work, we present the innovative “hybrid” experimental plot of Cape Fear, which features controllable water fluxes and boundary conditions, but it is directly exposed to external atmospheric agents. We demonstrate the suitability of Cape Fear to study hydrological phenomena through a feasibility test, whereby the response of the plot to a natural storm is in line with the well-known hydrological response of natural hillslopes. Future studies will address the influence of the plot geometry parameters on rill formation.
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