An interflow model: I. model development

Abstract

Field studies in forest hydrology, conducted over the past 15 years, have shown that interflow is the major flow process on forested, mountainous watersheds. Existing hydrologic models cannot be rigorously applied to these watersheds because of the empirical treatment of interflow in these models. A hydrologic model, called the SLUICES (Soils and Land Use affecting Interflow and Creating Effects on Streamflow) model, was developed to overcome these limitations. The model emphasizes the dominance of interflow, is distributed in nature and yet is simple in structure, containing only seven easily obtainable or optimized parameters. A study was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity of model parameters. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.