Hydroclimate controls over seasonal sediment yield in two adjacent High Arctic watersheds

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2013-2027

  Cockburn, Jaclyn M H ^a,b   Lamoureux, Scott F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Erosion; Nival melt; Seasonal suspended sediment transfer; Sediment delivery; Snow water equivalence

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; LANDFORMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE (T); COLD REGIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HIGH ARCTIC; HYDROCLIMATE; INTENSE (CO); INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; MELT ENERGY; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; PEAK DISCHARGES; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT TRANSFERS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; SNOW MELTING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENCE (SWE); SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS (SSCS); SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENT (TSS);

SEDIMENTS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

EID: 47249122579     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6798     Document Type: Article

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