Isotopic variation of snow cover and streamflow in response to changes in canopy structure in a snow-dominated mountain catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-566

  Koeniger, Paul ^a   Hubbart, Jason A ^b   Link, Timothy ^c   Marshall, John D ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management practices; Snow hydrology; Snowmelt runoff; Spatial variability; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

SNOW COVER; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

FORESTRY;

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW; SUBLIMATION; WATERSHED;

BASINS; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROLOGY; STREAM FLOW; WATER SHEDS;

EID: 39749160508     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6967     Document Type: Article

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