The influence of the spatial distribution of snow on basin-averaged snowmelt

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 1671-1683

  Luce, Charles H ^a   Tarboton, David G ^b   Cooley, Keith R ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATERSHEDS;

DISTRIBUTED CATCHMENT MODEL; SNOW DRIFTS;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGY; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032148024     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199808/09)12:10/11<1671::AID-HYP688>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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