Use of distributed snow measurements to test and improve a snowmelt model for predicting the effect of forest clear-cutting

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 94-106

  Jost, Georg ^a   Dan Moore, R ^a   Weiler, Markus ^a,b   Gluns, David R ^c   Alila, Younes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest; Hydrology; Model; Snow; Variability; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANOPY TRANSMITTANCE; DECAY FUNCTION; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; DISTRIBUTED MODELS; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; IMPROVE-A; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL TESTING; MODELING RESULTS; SAMPLE LAYOUT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW ALGORITHMS; SNOW MELT; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT MODEL; SPATIAL DATASETS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; VARIABILITY; VEGETATION CONTROL; VEGETATION MODEL;

CATCHMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURVEYS; VEGETATION; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLEARCUTTING; DATA SET; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 69949135006     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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