Long-term investigations of the snow cover in a subalpine semi-forested catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 411-428

  Stähli, Manfred ^a   Gustafsson, David ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Long term measurements; Numerical model; Snow interception; Snow water equivalent; Subalpine catchment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; SPRINGS (WATER);

SEMI-FORESTED CATCHMENT; SNOW COVER; SNOW INTERCEPTION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOW-VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE MODEL; SUBALPINE CATCHMENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; SPRINGS (WATER);

FORESTED CATCHMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER;

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33644515634     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6058     Document Type: Article

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