Effects of snow cover on soil freezing, water movement, and snowmelt infiltration: A paired plot experiment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Iwata, Yukiyoshi ^a   Hayashi, Masaki ^b   Suzuki, Shinji ^c   Hirota, Tomoyoshi ^a   Hasegawa, Shuichi ^d  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; FROZEN LAYER; HOKKAIDO; NUTRIENT CYCLE; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; SOIL FREEZING; SOIL FROST; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER FLUXES; TOKACHI; WATER MOVEMENTS;

FREEZING; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

SNOW;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZING; FROST; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFILTRATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER; WATER FLOW;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 77956524009     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008070     Document Type: Article

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