Snow ablation in an open field and larch forest of the southern mountainous region of eastern Siberia

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 465-480

  Suzuki, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kubota, Jumpei ^b   Zhang, Yinsheng ^a   Kadota, Tsutomu ^a   Ohata, Tetsuo ^a   Vuglinsky, Valery ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c STATE HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Net all wave radiation; Siberia snow ablation; Snow surface albedo; Snowmelt; Sublimation; Taiga

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDROLOGY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SUBLIMATION;

NET ALL-WAVE RADIATION; SNOW ABLATION; SNOW SURFACE ALBEDO; SNOWMELT; TAIGA;

SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL;

BOREAL FOREST; ENERGY BALANCE; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SUBLIMATION;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

LARIX;

EID: 33745011905     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.3.465     Document Type: Article

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