Effect of snow cover conditions on the hydrologic regime: Case study in a pluvial-nival watershed, Japan

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 814-828

  Whitaker, Andrew C ^a   Sugiyama, Hironobu ^a   Hayakawa, Kaichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Low flow; Runoff; Snow hydrology; Snow model

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

AIR TEMPERATURE (T); AMERICAN WATER (CO); ANNUAL RUNOFF; CASE STUDIES; COLD SEASONS; GROUND WATER FLOW; HEAD WATERS; HIGH ELEVATIONS; HYDROLOGIC MONITORING; HYDROLOGICAL TIME-SERIES; LOW FLOW EVENTS; MASTER RECESSION CURVES; MELT WATER; MODEL SIMULATIONS; OBSERVED DATA; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEASONAL SNOWPACK; SNOW COVERS; SNOW MELT RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE); SNOW-MELT SEASON; WARM SEASONS; WATER BALANCES; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 48249146978     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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