Processes

• Streamflow influences on riparian soil moisture/water table.
• Influences of frozen/snow conditions on hydrology/nutrient dynamics.
• Typical wetland conditions in riparian areas.
• Tree density/architecture influences on vegetation dynamics.

Scale

• REMM at the watershed scale.
• Though REMM is 3-dimensional, variability in riparian buffer along the direction of the streamflow is not adequately represented. Future research will attempt to include : variations in riparian slope shape - convergence/divergence; spatial variation in streambank flooding, etc.
• An ARCVIEW interface is also proposed to incorporate spatial variability.