A study of solute redistribution and transport in seasonal snowpack using natural and artificial tracers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 357, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 243-254

  Lee, Jeonghoon ^a   Nez, Valisa E ^a   Feng, Xiahong ^a   Kirchner, James W ^b   Osterhuber, Randall ^b   Renshaw, Carl E ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal variations; Mobile immobile model; Natural and artificial tracers; Snow metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

CALIFORNIA , USA; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); SEASONAL SNOWPACK; SNOW LAYERS; SNOW MELTING; SOLUTE REDISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATE CLIMATES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CATCHMENT; MELTING; MELTWATER; METAMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWPACK; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SULFATE; TRACER;

EID: 47049111015     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Bales R.C., Sommerfeld R.A., and Kebler D.G. Ionic tracer movement through a Wyoming snowpack. Atmospheric Environment Part a-General Topics 24 11 (1990) 2749-2758
2. Bales R.C., Davis R.E., and Williams M.W. Tracer release in melting snow-Diurnal and seasonal patterns. Hydrological Processes 7 4 (1993) 389-401
3. Brooks P.D., and Williams M.W. Snowpack controls on nitrogen cycling and export in seasonally snow-covered catchments. Hydrological Processes 13 14-15 (1999) 2177-2190
4. Colbeck S.C. A theory of water percolation in snow. Journal of Glaciology 11 (1972) 369-385
5. Colbeck S.C. Water-flow through snow overlying an impermeable boundary. Water Resources Research 10 1 (1974) 119-123
6. Feng X., Kirchner J.W., Renshaw C.E., Osterhuber R.S., Klaue B., and Taylor S. A study of solute transport mechanisms using rare earth element tracers and artificial rainstorms on snow. Water Resources Research 37 5 (2001) 1425-1435
7. Gerke H.H., and Vangenuchten M.T. Evaluation of a 1st order water transfer term for variably saturated dual-porosity flow models. Water Resources Research 29 4 (1993) 1225-1238
8. Harrington R., and Bales R.C. Modeling ionic solute transport in melting snow. Water Resources Research 34 7 (1998) 1727-1736
9. Johannessen M., and Henriksen A. Chemistry of snow meltwater - changes in concentration during melting. Water Resources Research 14 4 (1978) 615-619
10. Lee, J., Feng, X., Posmentier, E. S., Faiia, A. M., Osterhuber, R., Kirchner, J. W., 2008, Modeling of solute transport in snow using conservative tracers and artificial rain-on-snow experiments. Water Resources Research. 44, W02411. doi: 10.1029/2006WR005477.
11. Meixner T., Gutmann C., Bales R., Leydecker A., Sickman J., Melack J., and McConnell J. Multidecadal hydrochemical response of a Sierra Nevada watershed: sensitivity to weathering rate and changes in deposition. Journal of Hydrology 285 1-4 (2004) 272-285
12. Sickman J.O., Melack J.M., and Stoddard J.L. Regional analysis of inorganic nitrogen yield and retention in high-elevation ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. Biogeochemistry 57-58 1 (2002) 341-374
13. Taylor S., Feng X., Kirchner J.W., Osterhuber R.S., Klaue B., and Renshaw C.E. Isotopic evolution of a seasonal snowpack and its melt. Water Resources Research 37 3 (2001) 759-769
14. Tsiouris S., Vincent C.E., Davies T.D., and Brimblecombe P. The elution of ions through field and laboratory snowpacks. Annals of Glaciology 7 (1985) 196-201
15. Waldner P.A., Schneebeli M., Schultz-Zimmermann U., and Flühler H. Effect of snow structure on water flow and solute transport. Hydrological Processes 18 (2004) 1271-1290
16. Wilkening K.E., Barrie L.A., and Engle M. Atmospheric science - Trans-Pacific air pollution. Science 290 5489 (2000) 65
17. Williams M.W., and Melack J.M. Solute chemistry of snowmelt and runoff in an alpine basin, Sierra Nevada. Water Resources Research 27 7 (1991) 1575-1588
18. Williams M., Bales R., Brown A., and Melack J. Fluxes and transformations of nitrogen in a high-elevation catchment, Sierra Nevada. Biogeochemistry 28 1 (1995) 1-31
19. Wolford R.A., Bales R.C., and Sorooshian S. Development of a hydrochemical model for seasonally snow-covered alpine watersheds; application to Emerald Lake watershed, Sierra Nevada, California. Water Resources Research 32 4 (1996) 1061-1074