Snow, frozen soils and permafrost hydrology in Canada, 1999-2002

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 215-229

  Woo, Ming Ko ^a   Marsh, Philip ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Frost hydrology; Permafrost hydrology; Snow hydrology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BLOWING SNOW; CLIMATIC WARMING; PERMAFROST HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF GENERATION;

FROZEN SOILS;

FROZEN GROUND; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MELTWATER; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13644260784     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5772     Document Type: Review

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