Historical Change In River Discharge due to Deforestation (km3/yr)

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Gridded fields of changes in discharge due to historical deforestation and conversion to agriculture from Douglas et al. (2005). This historical scenario compared discharge (Q) generated from pre-industrial land cover with discharge derived from contemporary landcover. Change in Q = difference between river discharge (Q) generated from pre-industrial land cover (based on WWF Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World (Olson et al., 2001) with river discharge derived from contemporary landcover. Historical and contemporary Q was estimated from flow routed RO generated by the UNH Water Systems Analysis Group Water Balance Model (WBM) at a 30' (lat x long) spatial resolution (Fekete et al. 2002). Citations in dataset history.
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Vorosmarty, C.J.., Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, NH
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Title: Historical Change In River Discharge due to Deforestation (km3/yr)
Credits: Vorosmarty, C.J.., Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, NH
Publication Date: 2005
Other Citation Info: Douglas, E. M., K. Sebastian, C. J. Vorosmarty and S. Wood, 2005. The role of tropical forests in supporting biodiversity and hydrologic integrity, Ecological Applications, in review.
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Water Systems Analysis Group, Complex System Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, USA
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agricultural, human vulnerability, biodiversity, hydrology, deforestation
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