Onset of snowmelt and streamflow in 2004 in the Western Unites States: How shading may affect spring streamflow timing in a warmer world

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1199-1217

  Lundquist, Jessica D ^a,c   Flint, Alan L ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SNOWMELT; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 33750372992     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM539.1     Document Type: Article

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