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Exacerbation of Flooding Responses Due to Land Cover/Land Use Change: A Comparative Study
Project Start Date
01/01/2006
Project End Date
01/01/2009
Project Call Name
Land-Cover Land-Use Change
Science Theme Name
Water and Energy Cycle Impacts
Drivers of Change
Region
North America
Continental U.S.
Eastern Europe
Solicitation
LCLUC-05
Distribution of Project Team Members Institutions
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Team Members:

Person Name Person role on project Affiliation
Keith Eshleman Principal Investigator University of Maryland, College Park, Frostburg, United States
Project Documents
Eshleman, K.N., and B.C. McCormick. 2009. Hydrological functioning of surface-mined watersheds in western Maryland: restoration or reclamation? In: Proceedings of Geomorphic Reclamation and Natural Stream Design at Coal Mine: A Technical Interactive Forum (K.C. Vories and A.H. Caswell, Eds.), pp. 15-24. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Office of Surface Mining, Alton, IL & Coal Research Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
Exacerbation of Flooding Responses Due to Land Cover/Land Use Change: A Comparative Study
Ferrari, J.R., T.R. Lookingbill, and K.N. Eshleman. Surface mining, changes in land use, and the Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN. Water Resources Research, in review.
Ferrari, J.R., T.R. Lookingbill, B.C. McCormick, P.A. Townsend, and K.N. Eshleman. 2009. Surface mining and reclamation effects on flood response of watersheds in the Central Appalachian Plateau region. Water Resources Research 45, doi:10.1029/2008WR007109.
Final Report: Exacerbation of Flooding Responses Due to Land Cover/Land Use Change: A Comparative Study
LCLUC floods and fires
McCormick, B.C., and K.N. Eshleman. Assessing hydrologic change in surface-mined watersheds using the curve number method. ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, in press.
McCormick, B.C., K.N. Eshleman, J.L. Griffith, and P.A. Townsend. 2009. Detection of flooding responses at the river basin scale enhanced by land use change. Water Resources Research 45, doi:10.1029/2008WR007594.
NEESPI Study Area: Significant Results
Negley, T.L., and K.N. Eshleman. 2006. Comparison of stormflow responses of surface-mined and forested watersheds in the Appalachians Mountains, USA. Hydrological Processes 20:3467-3483.
Townsend, P.A., D.P. Helmers, B.E. McNeil, K.M. de Beurs, and K.N. Eshleman. 2009. Changes in the extent of surface mining and reclamation in the Central Appalachians: 1976-2006. Remote Sensing of Environment 113:62-72 doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.08.012.

Project Documents

Year Type Title
2012 Final Report Final Report: Exacerbation of Flooding Responses Due to Land Cover/Land Use Change: A Comparative Study
2011 Publications Ferrari, J.R., T.R. Lookingbill, and K.N. Eshleman. Surface mining, changes in land use, and the Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN. Water Resources Research, in review.
2011 Publications McCormick, B.C., and K.N. Eshleman. Assessing hydrologic change in surface-mined watersheds using the curve number method. ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, in press.
2010 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation NEESPI Study Area: Significant Results
2009 Publications Eshleman, K.N., and B.C. McCormick. 2009. Hydrological functioning of surface-mined watersheds in western Maryland: restoration or reclamation? In: Proceedings of Geomorphic Reclamation and Natural Stream Design at Coal Mine: A Technical Interactive Forum (K.C. Vories and A.H. Caswell, Eds.), pp. 15-24. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Office of Surface Mining, Alton, IL & Coal Research Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
2009 Publications Ferrari, J.R., T.R. Lookingbill, B.C. McCormick, P.A. Townsend, and K.N. Eshleman. 2009. Surface mining and reclamation effects on flood response of watersheds in the Central Appalachian Plateau region. Water Resources Research 45, doi:10.1029/2008WR007109.
2009 Publications McCormick, B.C., K.N. Eshleman, J.L. Griffith, and P.A. Townsend. 2009. Detection of flooding responses at the river basin scale enhanced by land use change. Water Resources Research 45, doi:10.1029/2008WR007594.
2009 Publications Townsend, P.A., D.P. Helmers, B.E. McNeil, K.M. de Beurs, and K.N. Eshleman. 2009. Changes in the extent of surface mining and reclamation in the Central Appalachians: 1976-2006. Remote Sensing of Environment 113:62-72 doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.08.012.
2009 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation LCLUC floods and fires
2006 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation Exacerbation of Flooding Responses Due to Land Cover/Land Use Change: A Comparative Study
2006 Publications Negley, T.L., and K.N. Eshleman. 2006. Comparison of stormflow responses of surface-mined and forested watersheds in the Appalachians Mountains, USA. Hydrological Processes 20:3467-3483.
Year Type Title
2012 Final Report Final Report: Exacerbation of Flooding Responses Due to Land Cover/Land Use Change: A Comparative Study
2011 Publications Ferrari, J.R., T.R. Lookingbill, and K.N. Eshleman. Surface mining, changes in land use, and the Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN. Water Resources Research, in review.
2011 Publications McCormick, B.C., and K.N. Eshleman. Assessing hydrologic change in surface-mined watersheds using the curve number method. ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, in press.
2010 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation NEESPI Study Area: Significant Results
2009 Publications Eshleman, K.N., and B.C. McCormick. 2009. Hydrological functioning of surface-mined watersheds in western Maryland: restoration or reclamation? In: Proceedings of Geomorphic Reclamation and Natural Stream Design at Coal Mine: A Technical Interactive Forum (K.C. Vories and A.H. Caswell, Eds.), pp. 15-24. U.S. Dept. of Interior, Office of Surface Mining, Alton, IL & Coal Research Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
2009 Publications Ferrari, J.R., T.R. Lookingbill, B.C. McCormick, P.A. Townsend, and K.N. Eshleman. 2009. Surface mining and reclamation effects on flood response of watersheds in the Central Appalachian Plateau region. Water Resources Research 45, doi:10.1029/2008WR007109.
2009 Publications McCormick, B.C., K.N. Eshleman, J.L. Griffith, and P.A. Townsend. 2009. Detection of flooding responses at the river basin scale enhanced by land use change. Water Resources Research 45, doi:10.1029/2008WR007594.
2009 Publications Townsend, P.A., D.P. Helmers, B.E. McNeil, K.M. de Beurs, and K.N. Eshleman. 2009. Changes in the extent of surface mining and reclamation in the Central Appalachians: 1976-2006. Remote Sensing of Environment 113:62-72 doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.08.012.
2009 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation LCLUC floods and fires
2006 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation Exacerbation of Flooding Responses Due to Land Cover/Land Use Change: A Comparative Study
2006 Publications Negley, T.L., and K.N. Eshleman. 2006. Comparison of stormflow responses of surface-mined and forested watersheds in the Appalachians Mountains, USA. Hydrological Processes 20:3467-3483.