Implications of spatial distributions of snow mass and melt rate for snow-cover depletion: Observations in a subarctic mountain catchment

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 195-201

  Pomeroy, John ^a,b   Essery, Richard ^b   Toth, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 15444367332     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814744     Document Type: Article

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