The sensitivity of snowmelt processes to climate conditions and forest cover during rain-on-snow: a case study of the 1996 Pacific Northwest flood

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 1569-1587

  Marks, Danny ^a   Kimball, John ^b   Tingey, Dave ^c   Link, Tim ^d  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; STORMS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION; WIND EFFECTS;

ENERGY BALANCE SNOWMELT MODEL; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENCE (SWE);

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE FORCING; FOREST CANOPY; SNOWMELT;

NORTH AMERICA, PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 0032147796     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199808/09)12:10/11<1569::AID-HYP682>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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