Snowpack controls on nitrogen cycling and export in seasonally snow-covered catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 1999, Pages 2177-2190

  Brooks, Paul D ^a   Williams, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Climate; Nitrogen; Snow; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLING; SNOW COVERED CATCHMENTS; SNOWPACK; WATER CHEMISTRY; WINTER SNOW;

SNOW;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; LEACHING; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SNOWPACK;

COLORADO; COLORADO FRONT RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033208433     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199910)13:14/15<2177::aid-hyp850>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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