Measurements and modelling of snowmelt and turbulent heat fluxes over shrub tundra

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1331-1340

  Bewley, D ^a   Essery, R ^b   Pomeroy, J ^c   Menard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARE GROUNDS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL PARAMETERS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOWMELT; SURFACE HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; VALLEY SITES; VEGETATION COVER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

HEAT FLUX;

BARE SOIL; ENERGY BALANCE; FLOW MODELING; HEAT FLUX; SHRUB; SNOWMELT; TUNDRA; TURBULENT FLOW; VALLEY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 77955083104     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1331-2010     Document Type: Article

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