Assessing the controls of the snow energy balance and water available for runoff in a rain-on-snow environment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 354, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Mazurkiewicz, Adam B ^a   Callery, David G ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Pacific Northwest; Rain on snow; Snow hydrology; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; RUNOFF; SNOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

RAIN-ON-SNOW; SNOW HYDROLOGY; SNOWMELT;

ENERGY BALANCE;

ENERGY BALANCE; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RUNOFF; SNOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENERGY BALANCE; MELTWATER; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 43449132081     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.12.027     Document Type: Article

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