Modeling of solute transport in snow using conservative tracers and artificial rain-on-snow experiments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lee, Jeonghoon ^a   Feng, Xiahong ^a   Posmentier, Eric S ^a   Faiia, Anthony M ^a   Osterhuber, Randall ^b   Kirchner, James W ^b  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEGATIVE CONCENTRATION; SNOWPACK;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEGATIVE IONS; SNOW; WATER SUPPLY;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEGATIVE IONS; SNOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER SUPPLY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL; MODELING; SNOW; SNOWPACK; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 41149152182     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005477     Document Type: Article

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