Meltwater fluxes at an arctic forest-tundra site

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1383-1400

  Marsh, P ^a   Pomeroy, J W ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Patchy snowcovers; Snowmelt; Surface energy fluxes

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; WATER RESOURCES;

PATCHY SNOWCOVERS; SNOWMELT; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES;

SNOW;

FOREST/TUNDRA REGION; MELTWATER FLUX; SNOW METAMORPHISM; SNOWMELT; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE;

CANADA, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030265438     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199610)10:10<1383::aid-hyp468>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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