Inter-annual comparison of measured turbulent fluxes over snow at a wind-sheltered and a wind-exposed site using eddy covariance

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 326, 2009, Pages 34-40

  Reba, Michele L ^a   Marks, Danny ^b   Link, Tim ^a   Pomeroy, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Snow melt; Sublimation; Western USA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAINS; EDDY COVARIANCE; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SENSIBLE HEAT; SITE CONDITIONS; SNOW MELT; SNOW PACKS; TURBULENT FLUX; WATER YEAR;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; LATENT HEAT; SUBLIMATION; WATER;

SNOW;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW; SNOWPACK; SUBLIMATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71849093971     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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