Variability of snow water equivalent and snow energetics across a large catchment subject to Mountain Pine Beetle infestation and rapid salvage logging

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 388, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 464-479

  Bewley, Dan ^a   Alila, Younes ^a   Varhola, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catchment scale; Distributed modelling; Forest hydrology; Mountain Pine Beetle; Snow

Indexed keywords

ABLATION RATES; CATCHMENT SCALE; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGY SOIL VEGETATION MODELS; DISTRIBUTED MODELLING; DISTRIBUTED SATELLITES; FLOOD RISKS; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST DISTURBANCES; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; LODGEPOLE PINE; MELT RATE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PINE STAND; PINUS CONTORTA; SALVAGE LOGGING; SNOW COVERED AREA; SNOW COVERS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; STREAM NETWORKS;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; REFORESTATION; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

RUNOFF;

ABLATION; BEETLE; CALIBRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFECTIVITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW;

HYDROLOGY; INFESTATION; LOGGING; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; PINUS MUGO; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; SNOW; WATER RESOURCES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 77953649971     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.031     Document Type: Article

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