A comparison of stream water temperature regimes from open and afforested moorland, Yorkshire Dales, northern England

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3206-3218

  Brown, L E ^a   Cooper, L ^a   Holden, J ^a   Ramchunder, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Catchment scale; Coniferous plantation; Peatland; River; Thermal regime

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; CONIFEROUS PLANTATIONS; FOREST COVER; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; FORESTED STREAMS; GROWING DEMAND; HEAT BUDGET; HIGH VARIABILITY; NORTHERN ENGLAND; PEATLAND; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SCALE MANAGEMENT; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPACE AND TIME; STREAM TEMPERATURES; STREAM WATER; THERMAL DYNAMICS; THERMAL REGIMES; WATER TEMPERATURES; WINTER MONTHS; YORKSHIRES;

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

AFFORESTATION; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; HEAT BUDGET; MOORLAND; PEATLAND; STREAMWATER; THERMAL REGIME; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; YORKSHIRE DALES;

EID: 78649508020     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7746     Document Type: Article

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