Snowmelt contribution to discharge from a large mountainous catchment in subarctic Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2129-2139

  Woo, Ming Ko ^a   Thorne, Robin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrological modelling; Large basins; Mountains; Snow hydrology; Streamflow simulation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; SNOW HYDROLOGY; SNOWMELT DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW SIMULATION;

SNOW;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745854143     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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