Assessing the effects of post-pine beetle forest litter on snow albedo

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 803-812

  Winkler, Rita ^a   Boon, Sarah ^b   Zimonick, Barbara ^c   Baleshta, Karen ^d  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c Zimonick Enterprises   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albedo; Litter; Pine beetle; Snow ablation

Indexed keywords

CANOPY TRANSMITTANCE; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; CONIFEROUS STANDS; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; FOREST LITTER; LITTER ACCUMULATION; LITTER COVER; LITTERFALLS; PINE BEETLE; PINE BEETLE INFESTATION; SNOW ABLATION; SNOW DEPTHS; SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA; SURFACE ALBEDO;

ABLATION; FORESTRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ABLATION; ALBEDO; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; LITTERFALL; SNOW;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; INFESTATION; INSECTS; MELTING; NORTH AMERICA; PINUS; SIGNALS; SNOW; SUN LIGHT; TRANSMITTANCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77949643180     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7648     Document Type: Article

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