Evaluating peak flow sensitivity to clear-cutting in different elevation bands of a snowmelt-dominated mountainous catchment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 11-1-11-17

  Whitaker, Andrew ^a,c   Alila, Younes ^a   Beckers, Jos ^a   Toews, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Forest hydrology; Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure; Peak flows; Snow hydrology; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

PEAK FLOW;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLEARCUTTING; FORESTED CATCHMENT; PEAK FLOW; SNOWMELT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; REDFISH CREEK;

EID: 0036761125     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000514     Document Type: Article

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