Snowmelt runoff processes in a headwater lake and its catchment, subarctic Canadian Shield

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 987-1000

  Mielko, Corrinne ^a   Woo, Ming Ko ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow threshold; Lake storage; Runoff generation; Shield hydrology; Snowmelt; Subarctic lake

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EVAPORATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LAKES; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS;

FLOW DELIVERY; LAKE LEVEL; LAKE STORAGE; SHIELD HYDROLOGY; SNOWMELT RUNOFF;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; EVAPORATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS;

LAKE; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644913966     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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