Shrub tundra snowmelt

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 923-941

  Pomeroy, John W ^a   Bewley, D S ^b   Essery, Richard L H ^b   Hedstrom, N R ^c   Link, T ^d   Granger, Raoul J ^c   Sicart, J E ^b   Ellis, C R ^a   Janowicz, J R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e Water Resources Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Blowing snow; Net radiation; Sensible heat flux; Shrub tundra; Snow accumulation; Snowmelt; Sublimation; Yukon

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; HEAT FLUX; MASS TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARCTIC SHRUB TUNDRA; BLOWING SNOW; NET RADIATION; SHRUB-SNOW INTERACTIONS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; TURBULENT TRANSFER;

HYDROLOGY;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; HEAT FLUX; HYDROLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

NET RADIATION; RETENTION; SHRUB; SNOWMELT; TUNDRA;

EID: 33644898841     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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