Spatial variability of snow chemistry in an alpine snowpack, southern Wyoming

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Rohrbough, Justin A ^a,b   Davis, Donald R ^a   Bales, Roger C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Merced ^*  (United States)

^c Embedded Systems and Automation Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionic concentration; Snow; Spatial variability; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIERS; IONS; LAKES; NITROGEN OXIDES; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IONIC CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SNOW;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; IONIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; PH; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 17144449337     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002067     Document Type: Article

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