The influence of forest and topography on snow accumulation and melt at the watershed-scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 101-115

  Jost, Georg ^a   Weiler, Markus ^a   Gluns, David R ^b   Alila, Younes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest; Hydrology; Linear regression; Snow; Snowmelt; Variability; Watershed

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION; SNOW;

DISTRIBUTED SNOWMELT MODELS; SNOWMELT;

HYDROLOGY;

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; LINEAR REGRESSION; SNOW;

AUTOCORRELATION; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST COVER; REGRESSION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VARIOGRAM; WATERSHED;

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW;

EID: 35848963647     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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