Subglacial modulation of the hydrograph from glacierized basins

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3903-3918

  Flowers, Gwenn E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacierized basins; Hydrograph; Seasonal transitions; Subglacial drainage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SUBSTRATES;

CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; DIURNAL FLUCTUATIONS; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FLOW ELEMENTS; GLACIER BEDS; GLACIER GEOMETRY; GLACIERIZED BASINS; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROGRAPHS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PHYSICALLY-BASED MODELING; SEASONAL TRANSITIONS; SUBGLACIAL DRAINAGE; WATER DELIVERY; WATER TRANSPORT;

DRAINAGE;

BASIN; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 52949110118     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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