Concepts

Duration that snowpack remains on the ground providing water inputs to trees

Temporal changes in groundwater storage volumes in response to climate variability and hydrologic forcing

The combined process of water evaporation from soil and plant surfaces and water transpiration from plant leaves, representing a major component of the water budget that increases with warming tempera...

The bidirectional exchange of water between groundwater aquifers and surface water bodies including streams, with groundwater contributing baseflow to streams and streams providing recharge to groundw...

The degree to which water movement is facilitated or impeded through connected flow paths in subsurface sediments

The movement of water from the soil to the plant's stomata which is then released into the atmosphere, serving as an indicator of plant water status

The division of water flow between different hydrological pathways including surface flow, shallow subsurface flow, and deep groundwater flow

The downward movement of water from surface water to groundwater, occurring through infiltration and percolation processes and declining under warming due to increased evapotranspiration

Process controlling environmental tracer and groundwater age distributions in fractured rock systems through diffusive exchange between fractures and rock matrix

The movement of eroded soil and rock particles by water flow

Overland flow that occurs when rainfall intensity exceeds the rate at which water can enter the soil