Simulated soil water storage effects on streamflow generation in a mountainous snowmelt environment, Idaho, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 858-873

  Seyfried, Mark S ^a   Grant, L E ^b   Marks, D ^a   Winstral, A ^a   McNamara, J ^c  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountain area; Snowmelt; Soil processes; Soil water balance modelling; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; TIME MEASUREMENT; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHEDS;

AVERAGE DIFFERENCES; DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS; IDAHO , USA; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; MOUNTAIN AREA; REYNOLDS; SNOW ACCUMULATIONS; SNOWMELT; SOIL PROCESSES; SOIL WATER BALANCE MODELLING; SOIL WATER BALANCE MODELS; SOIL WATER CONTENTS; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER STORAGES; SOIL WATERS; SPATIAL CONTINUITIES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; MOUNTAIN REGION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62249143489     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7211     Document Type: Article

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