Extreme flood sensitivity to snow and forest harvest, western Cascades, Oregon, United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Jones, J A ^a   Perkins, R M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN SCALE; EXTREME FLOOD; FLOOD PEAK; FOREST HARVEST; HILLSLOPES; HYDROGRAPHS; INFILTRATION CAPACITY; PEAK DISCHARGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN-ON-SNOW; SMALL VARIATIONS; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; SOIL POROSITY; STREAM NETWORKS; WATER FLOWS;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HARVESTING; HYDRAULICS; RAIN; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOILS;

SNOW;

FLOODING; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGRAPH; PEAK DISCHARGE; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW; WATER FLOW;

CASCADE RANGE; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649911022     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008632     Document Type: Article

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