Effects of frozen soil on snowmelt runoff and soil water storage at a continental scale

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 937-952

  Niu, Gou Yue ^a   Yang, Zong Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROZEN GROUND; LAND SURFACE; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 33646824817     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM538.1     Document Type: Article

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