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Hydrology
Water stores and flows in the Andrews Forest are controlled by, and shape, the topography, climate, and vegetation in the landscape, while also affecting human uses of streams, rivers, and water resources. The hydrology of the Andrews Forest is representative of steep forested ecosystems of much of the Pacific Northwest west of the crest of the Cascade Range, from Vancouver, Canada to Arcata, California. Distinctive features of the hydrologic setting of this region include a mild climate with wet winters and dry summers; massive, conifer, evergreen forests with high leaf area that can intercept, store, and transpire large quantities of water; thin soils on steep, highly weathered hillslopes which facilitate rapid water flux from slopes to channels; and transient snowpacks that can contribute to extreme regional floods. Water flows from the Andrews Forest influence downstream communities including the cities of Eugene, Salem, and Portland. The Andrews Forest has a long history of research using experimental watersheds, tracer and water dating studies, process and ecophysiological studies, analyses of soil hydrologic properties, and other approaches. 
Research Details
- Midterm review report for LTER6
- Key results and products from LTER5 (2002-2008)
- Findings from Small Watershed Synthesis during LTER 5 (2002-2008)
- Descriptions and harvest history of watersheds with stream gages
- Map of climate station locations
- John Selker DTS workshop (Sept 2007)
- Jeff McDonnell SLICE workshop (Sept 2005)
- Previous Summaries
Key Databases
- Stream chemistry concentrations and fluxes using proportional sampling in the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1968 to present -- CF002
- Precipitation and dry deposition chemistry concentrations and fluxes, Andrews Experimental Forest, 1969 to present -- CP002
- Stream discharge in gaged watersheds at the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1949 to present -- HF004
- Bedload data from sediment basin surveys in small gauged watersheds in the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1957 to present -- HS004
- Stream temperature and air temperature from stream gages and stream confluences in the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1950 to present -- HT004
- Meteorological data from benchmark stations at the Andrews Experimental Forest, 1957 to present -- MS001
List of all Hydrology databases
Personnel
- Leader(s)
- Key Personnel
- Associates
- Graduate Students
Other Links
Key Citations
- Current daily, monthly, and annual summaries of streamflow and precipitation (ClimDB/HydroDB)
- Hydrophiles: Oregon State University Student Chapter of AWRA and AIH
- The Hillslope and Watershed Hydrology group at OSU
- Mountain Hydroclimatology Research Group at OSU
- Watershed Processes Group - USFS
- Field Hydrology Course
- USGS Mass Movement Dynamics - Experimental Debris-Flow Flume at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
Hatcher, Kendra L. 2011. Interacting effects of climate, forest dynamics, landforms, and river regulation on streamflow trends since 1950: examples from the Willamette Basin and forested headwater sites in the US. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 239 p. M.S. thesis. (Pub No: 4687)
Voltz, Thomas J. 2011. Riparian hydraulic gradient and water table dynamics in two steep headwater streams. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University. 150 p. M.S. thesis. (Pub No: 4717)
Ward, Adam. 2011. Characterizing solute transport in coupled stream-hyporheic systems using electrical resistivity imaging. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University. Ph.D. dissertation. (Pub No: 4720)
Graham, Chris B.; van Verseveld, Willem; Barnard, Holly R.; McDonnell, Jeffrey J. 2010. Estimating the deep seepage component of the hillslope and catchment water balance within a measurement uncertainty framework. Hydrological Processes. 24: 3631-3647. (Pub No: 4718)
Seibert, Jan; McDonnell, Jeffrey J. 2010. Land-cover impacts on streamflow: a change-detection modelling approach that incorporates parameter uncertainty. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 55(3): 316-332. (Pub No: 4277)
Jefferson, A.; Grant, G. E.; Lewis, S. L.; Lancaster, S. T. 2010. Coevolution of hydrology and topography on a basalt landscape in the Oregon Cascade Range, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. doi:10.1002/esp.1976. (Pub No: 4426)
Moore, Kathleen M. 2010. Trends in streamflow from old growth forested watersheds in the western Cascades. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 220 p. M.S. research paper. (Pub No: 4598)
Graham, Chris B.; Woods, Ross A.; McDonnell, Jeffrey J. 2010. Hillslope threshold response to rainfall: (1) a field based forensic approach. Journal of Hydrology. 393: 65-76. (Pub No: 4641)
Graham, Chris B.; McDonnell, Jeffrey J. 2010. Hillslope threshold response to rainfall: (2) development and use of a macroscale model. Journal of Hydrology. 393: 77-93. (Pub No: 4642)
McGuire, Kevin J.; McDonnell, Jeffrey J. 2010. Hydrological connectivity of hillslopes and streams: characteristic time scales and nonlinearities. Water Resources Research. 46(W10543): doi:10.1029/2010WR009341. (Pub No: 4666)
Barnard, H. R.; Graham, C. B.; Van Verseveld, W. J.; Brooks, J. R.; Bond, B. J.; McDonnell, J. J. 2010. Mechanistic assessment of hillslope transpiration controls of diel subsurface flow: a steady-state irrigation approach. Ecohydrology. 3: 133-142. (Pub No: 4675)
McDonnell, J. J.; McGuire, K.; Aggarwal, P.; Beven, K. J.; Biondi, D.; Destouni, G.; Dunn, S.; James, A.; Kirchner, J.; Kraft, P.; Lyon, S.; Maloszewski, P.; Newman, B.; Pfister, L.; Rinaldo, A.; Rodhe, A.; Sayama, T.; Seibert, J.; Solomon, K.; Soulsby, C.; Stewart, M.; Tetzlaff, D.; Tobin, C.; Toch, P.; Weiler, M.; Western, A.; Wörman, A.; Wrede, S. 2010. How old is streamwater? Open questions in catchment transit time conceptualization, modelling and analysis. Hydrological Processes. 24: 1745-1754. (Pub No: 4676)
Jones, J. A.; Perkins, R. M. 2010. Extreme flood sensitivity to snow and forest harvest, western Cascades, Oregon, United States. Water Resources Research. 46(W12512): doi:10.1029/2009WR008632. (Pub No: 3089)
Tague, Christina; Grant, Gordon E. 2009. Groundwater dynamics mediate low-flow response to global warming in snow-dominated alpine regions. Water Resources Research. 45(W07421): doi:10.1029/2008WR007179. (Pub No: 4240)
Van Verseveld, Willem J.; McDonnell, Jeffrey J.; Lajtha, Kate. 2009. The role of hillslope hydrology in controlling nutrient loss. Journal of Hydrology. 367: 177-187. (Pub No: 4456)
Jones, J. A.; Achterman, G. L.; Augustine, L. A.; Creed, I. F.; Ffolliott, P. F.; MacDonald, L.; Wemple, B. C. 2009. Hydrologic effects of a changing forested landscape--challenges for the hydrological sciences. Hydrological Processes. 23: 2699-2704. (Pub No: 4555)
Wondzell, Steven M. ; Gooseff, Michael N.; McGlynn, Brian L. 2009. An analysis of alternative conceptual models relating hyporheic exchange flow to diel fluctuations in discharge during baseflow recession. Hydrological Processes. doi:10.1002/hyp.7507. (Pub No: 4564)
Wondzell, Steven M.; LaNier, Justin; Haggerty, Roy. 2009. Evaluation of alternative groundwater flow models for simulating hyporheic exchange in a small mountain stream. Journal of Hydrology. 364: 142-151. (Pub No: 4713)
Crook, N.; Binley, A.; Knight, R.; Robinson, D. A.; Zarnetske, J.; Haggerty, R. 2008. Electrical resistivity imaging of the architecture of substream sediments. Water Resources Research. 44(W00D13): doi:10.1029/2008WR006968. (Pub No: 4714)
Cardenas, M. Bayani; Wilson, John L.; Haggerty, Roy. 2008. Residence time of bedform-driven hyporheic exchange. Advances in Water Resources. 31: 1382-1386. (Pub No: 4715)
Gooseff, Michael N.; Wondzell, Steven M.; McGlynn, Brian L. 2008. On the relationships among temporal patterns of evapo-transpiration, stream flow and riparian water levels in headwater catchments during baseflow. In: Proceedings of 36th IAH Congress: Integrating groundwater science and human well-being; Toyama, Japan. 842-851. (Pub No: 4719)
Mazurkiewicz, Adam B.; Callery, David G.; McDonnell, Jeffrey J. 2008. Assessing the controls of snow energy balance and water available for runoff in a rain-on-snow environment. Journal of Hydrology. 354: 1-14. (Pub No: 4272)
Perkins, Reed M.; Jones, Julia A. 2008. Climate variability, snow, and physiographic controls on storm hydrographs in small forested basins, western Cascades, Oregon. Hydrological Processes. 22: 4949-4964. (Pub No: 4276)
van Verseveld, Willem J.; McDonnell, Jeffrey J.; Lajtha, Kate. 2008. A mechanistic assessment of nutrient flushing at the catchment scale. Journal of Hydrology. 358 : 268-287. (Pub No: 4455)
Jefferson, Anne; Nolin, Anne; Lewis, Sarah; Tague, Christina. 2008. Hydrogeologic controls on streamflow sensitivity to climate variation. Hydrological Processes. doi:10.1002/hyp.7041. (Pub No: 4418)
Tague, Christina; Grant, Gordon; Farrell, Mike; Choate, Janet; Jefferson, Anne. 2008. Deep groundwater mediates streamflow response to climate warming in the Oregon Cascades. Climatic Change. 86: 189-210. (Pub No: 4007)
Tague, Christina; Farrell, Michael; Grant, Gordon; Lewis, Sarah; Rey, Serge. 2007. Hydrogeologic controls on summer stream temperatures in the McKenzie River basin, Oregon. Hydrological Processes. 21: 3288-3300. (Pub No: 4011)
McGuire, K. J.; Weiler, M.; McDonnell, J. J. 2007. Integrating tracer experiments with modeling to assess runoff processes and water transit times. Advances in Water Resources. 30: 824-837. (Pub No: 4203)
van Verseveld, Willem J. 2007. Hydro-biogeochemical coupling at the hillslope and catchment scale. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 216 p. Ph.D. dissertation. (Pub No: 4299)
Wondzell, Steven M. ; Gooseff, Michael N.; McGlynn, Brian L. 2007. Flow velocity and the hydrologic behavior of streams during baseflow. Geophysical Research Letters. 34: L24404, doi:10.1029/2007GL031256. (Pub No: 4358)
Mazurkiewicz, Adam B. 2006. Measurement and modeling the physical controls of snowmelt in the Pacific Northwest. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 107 p. M.S. thesis. (Pub No: 4295)
Jefferson, Anne; Grant, Gordon; Rose, Tim. 2006. Influence of volcanic history on groundwater patterns on the west slope of the Oregon High Cascades. Water Resources Research. 42: W12411, doi:10.1029/2005WR004812. (Pub No: 4057)
Gooseff, Michael N.; Anderson, Justin K.; Wondzell, Steven M.; LaNier, Justin; Haggerty, Roy. 2006. A modeling study of hyporheic exchange pattern and the sequence, size, and spacing of stream bedforms in mountain stream networks, Oregon, USA. Hydrological Processes. 20(11): 2443-2457. (Pub No: 3863)
Wondzell, Steven M. 2006. Effect of morphology and discharge on hyporheic exchange flows in two small streams in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, USA. Hydrological Processes. 20: 267-287. (Pub No: 3861)
Anderson, Justin K.; Wondzell, Steven M.; Gooseff, Michael N.; Haggerty, Roy. 2005. Patterns in stream longitudinal profiles and implications for hyporheic exchange flow at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon, USA. Hydrological Processes. 19: 2931-2949. (Pub No: 3862)
Ninnemann, Jeffery J. 2005. A study of hyporheic characteristics along a longitudinal profile of Lookout Creek, Oregon. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 148 p. M.S. thesis. (Pub No: 3857)
Gooseff, Michael N.; LaNier, Justin; Haggerty, Roy; Kokkeler, Kenneth. 2005. Determining in-channel (dead zone) transient storage by comparing solute transport in a bedrock channel--alluvial channel sequence, Oregon. Water Resources Research. 41(W06014): doi:10.1029/2004WR003513. (Pub No: 3858)
McGuire, K. J.; McDonnell, J. J.; Weiler, M.; Kendall, C.; McGlynn, B. L.; Welker, J. M.; Seibert, J. 2005. The role of topography on catchment-scale water residence time. Water Resources Research. 41(W05002): doi:10.1029/2004WR003657. (Pub No: 3865)
Jones, Julia. 2005. Intersite comparisons of rainfall-runoff processes. In: Anderson, M. G., ed. Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences. [Place of publication unknown]: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.: 1839-1854. (Pub No: 4016)
Dutton, Anona L.; Loague, Keith; Wemple, Beverley C. 2005. Simulated effect of a forest road on near-surface hydrologic response and slope stability. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 30(3): 325-338. (Pub No: 3699)
Waichler, Scott R.; Wemple, Beverley C.; Wigmosta, Mark S. 2005. Simulation of water balance and forest treatment effects at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Hydrological Processes. 19: 3177-3199. (Pub No: 3836)
Pypker, Thomas G. 2004. The influence of canopy structure and epiphytes on the hydrology of Douglas-fir forests. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 164 p. Ph.D. dissertation. (Pub No: 3846)
Jones, Julia A.; Post, David A. 2004. Seasonal and successional streamflow response to forest cutting and regrowth in the northwest and eastern United States. Water Resources Research. 40: W05203, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002952. (Pub No: 2787)
Moore, Georgianne W.; Bond, Barbara J.; Jones, Julia A.; Phillips, Nathan; Meinzer, Frederick C. 2004. Structural and compositional controls on transpiration in 40- and 450-year-old riparian forests in western Oregon, USA. Tree Physiology. 24: 481-491. (Pub No: 3772)
Gooseff, Michael N. ; Wondzell, Steve M.; Haggerty, Roy; Anderson, Justin. 2003. Comparing transient storage modeling and residence time distribution (RTD) analysis in geomorphically varied reaches in the Lookout Creek basin, Oregon, USA. Advances in Water Resources. 26: 925-937. (Pub No: 3733)
Moore, Georgianne W. 2003. Drivers of variability in transpiration and implications for stream flow in forests of western Oregon. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 160 p. Ph.D. dissertation. (Pub No: 3738)
Wemple, Beverley C. ; Jones, Julia A. 2003 . Runoff production on forest roads in a steep, mountain catchment. Water Resources Research. 39(8): 1220, doi:10.1029/2002WR001744. (Pub No: 3170)
Waichler, Scott R.; Wigmosta, Mark S. 2003. Development of hourly meteorological values from daily data and significance to hydrological modeling at H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 4: 251-263. (Pub No: 3636)
Bond, Barbara J.; Jones, Julia A.; Moore, Georgianne; Phillips, Nathan; Post, David; McDonnell, Jeffrey J. 2002. The zone of vegetation influence on baseflow revealed by diel patterns of streamflow and vegetation water use in a headwater basin. Hydrological Processes. 16: 1671-1677. (Pub No: 3092)
Haggerty, Roy; Wondzell, Steven M.; Johnson, Matthew A. 2002. Power-law residence time distribution in the hyporheic zone of a 2nd-order mountain stream. Geophysical Research Letters. 29(13): 18-1 - 18-4. (Pub No: 3085)
Post, David A.; Jones, Julia A. 2001. Hydrologic regimes of forested, mountainous, headwater basins in New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, and Puerto Rico. Advances in Water Resources. 24: 1195-1210. (Pub No: 2786)
Tague, Christina; Band, Larry. 2001. Simulating the impact of road construction and forest harvesting on hydrologic response. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 26: 135-151. (Pub No: 2825)
Tague, C. L.; Band, L. E. 2001. Evaluating explicit and implicit routing for watershed hydro-ecological models of forestry hydrology at the small catchment scale. Hydrological processes. 15: 1415-1439. (Pub No: 3128)
Jones, J. A. 2000. Hydrologic processes and peak discharge response to forest removal, regrowth, and roads in 10 small experimental basins, western Cascades, Oregon. Water Resources Research. 36(9): 2621-2642. (Pub No: 2567)
Jones, Julia A.; Swanson, Frederick J.; Wemple, Beverley C.; Snyder, Kai U. 2000. Effects of roads on hydrology, geomorphology, and disturbance patches in stream networks. Conservation Biology. 14(1): 76-85. (Pub No: 2634)
Johnson, Sherri L.; Jones, Julia A. 2000. Stream temperature responses to forest harvest and debris flows in western Cascades, Oregon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 57(Suppl. 2): 30-39. (Pub No: 2640)
Thomas, Robert B.; Megahan, Walter F. 1998. Peak flow responses to clear-cutting and roads in small and large basins, western Cascades, Oregon: a second opinion. Water Resources Research. 34(12): 3393-3403. (Pub No: 2616)
Jones, J. A.; Grant, G. E. 1996. Peak flow responses to clear-cutting and roads in small and large basins, western Cascades, Oregon. Water Resources Research. 32(4): 959-974. (Pub No: 1529)
Wondzell, Steven M.; Swanson, Frederick J. 1996. Seasonal and storm dynamics of the hyporheic zone of a 4th-order mountain stream. I: Hydrologic processes. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 15(1): 3-19. (Pub No: 2121)
Grant, G. E.; Wolff, A. L. 1991. Long-term patterns of sediment transport after timber harvest, western Cascade Mountains, Oregon, USA. In: Peters, N. E.; Walling, D. E., eds. Sediment and stream water quality in a changing environment: trends and explanation, Proceedings of the Vienna IAHS symposium , Vienna, Austria. IAHS Publication No. 203. Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: International Association of Hydrological Sciences: 31-40. [Online]. Available: http://www.cig.ensmp.fr/~iahs/redbooks/203.htm (Pub No: 1204)
Hicks, Brendan J.; Beschta, Robert L.; Harr, R. Dennis. 1991. Long-term changes in streamflow following logging in western Oregon and associated fisheries implications. Water Resources Bulletin. 27(2): 217-226. (Pub No: 1239)
Berris, Steven N.; Harr, R. Dennis. 1987. Comparative snow accumulation and melt during rainfall in forested and clear-cut plots in the western Cascades of Oregon. Water Resources Research. 23(1): 135-142. (Pub No: 690)
Harr, R. Dennis; Levno, Al; Mersereau, Roswell. 1982. Streamflow changes after logging 130-year-old Douglas-fir in two small watersheds. Water Resources Research. 18(3): 637-644. (Pub No: 625)
Harr, R. Dennis; McCorison, F. Michael. 1979. Initial effects of clearcut logging on size and timing of peak flows in a small watershed in western Oregon. Water Resources Research. 15(1): 90-94. (Pub No: 546)
Rothacher, Jack. 1970. Increases in water yield following clear-cut logging in the Pacific Northwest. Water Resources Research. 6(2): 653-658. (Pub No: 391)
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