A spatially distributed energy balance snowmelt model for application in mountain basins

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 12-13, 1999, Pages 1935-1959

  Marks, Danny ^a   Domingo, James ^b   Susong, Dave ^c   Link, Tim ^b   Garen, David ^d  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Runoff; Snowmelt; Spatially distributed modelling; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ISNOBAL COMPUTER PROGRAM; MOUNTAIN BASINS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED ENERGY BALANCE SNOWMELT MODEL;

SNOW;

ENERGY BALANCE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033190302     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199909)13:12/13<1935::AID-HYP868>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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