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The Interacting Hydrologic Responses To Changing Climate, Watershed Physical Characteristics, River Regulation, And Land Development In The Northeastern United States, Rouzbeh Berton Jun 2017

The Interacting Hydrologic Responses To Changing Climate, Watershed Physical Characteristics, River Regulation, And Land Development In The Northeastern United States, Rouzbeh Berton

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In this dissertation, the scale-dependency of hydrologic responses due to changing climate and regime shifts of large-scale circulation patterns and their teleconnection patterns were evaluated using long-term precipitation and discharge records in sub-basins with no development, and extensive development and riverine impoundments of the Merrimack River watershed. The Merrimack (New Hampshire-Massachusetts) is a 13,000 km2 forested (67%) watershed located in the northeastern United States. The overarching goal of this dissertation was to assess hydrologic responses to the potential effects of changing climate in sub-basins experiencing a range of development in order to help guide sustainable water management in the Merrimack …