Effects of land use intensity on stormwater runoff and its temporal occurrence in cold climates

• Published in: Hydrological processes Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 2639 - 2650
• Main Authors: Valtanen, Marjo, Sillanpää, Nora, Setälä, Heikki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Blackwell Publishing Ltd 15.02.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: imperviousness; runoff coefficient; seasonality; snow melt; urbanization

The impacts of land use intensity, here defined as the degree of imperviousness, on stormwater volumes, runoff rates and their temporal occurrence were studied at three urban catchments in a cold region in southern Finland. The catchments with ‘High’ and ‘Intermediate’ land use intensity, located ar...