Interannual, seasonal, and spatial patterns of meltwater and solute fluxes in a seasonal snowpack

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 823-831

  Harrington, Robert ^a   Bales, Roger C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELTWATER; SEASONAL SNOWPACK;

MUS;

ABLATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LYSIMETERS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL SURVEYS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN; MELT-WATER DISCHARGES; SEASONAL SNOWPACK; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOW-MELT SEASON; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

SNOW;

EID: 0031947256     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03469     Document Type: Article

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