Research Article

Influence of Plantation Establishment on Discharge Characteristics in a Small Catchment of Tropical Forest

Table 2

Yearly discharges (Q) and annual loss (ET) of C1 and C3 based on water year and by percentages of rainfall.

Water year19981999200020012002200320042007

P (mm)2167.22898.03177.02707.02507.03385.82886.03474.7

C1Q (mm)631.7
(29.1%)
1276.9
(44.1%)
1725.6
(54.3%)
1554.2
(57.4%)
1051.8
(42.0%)
1859.2
(54.9%)
NA2021.7
(58.2%)
ET (mm)1535.5
(70.9%)
1621.1
(55.9%)
1451.4
(45.7%)
1152.8
(42.6%)
1455.2
(58.0%)
1526.6
(45.1%)
NA1328.5
(41.8%)

C3Q (mm)418.7
(19.3%)
1005.0
(34.7%)
1490.0
(46.9%)
1557.6
(57.5%)
845.5
(33.7%)
1352.3
(39.9%)
1217.1
(42.2%)
2133.9
(61.4%)
ET (mm)1748.5
(80.7%)
1893.0
(65.3%)
1687.0
(53.1%)
1149.4
(42.5%)
1661.5
(66.3%)
2033.5
(60.1%)
1668.9
(57.8%)
1216.3
(38.6%)

Activities in C3CalibrationForest clearanceRecovery Planting

NA = not available.