Influence of rain, air temperature, and snow cover on subsequent spring-snowmelt infiltration into thin frozen soil layer in northern Japan

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 401, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 165-176

  Iwata, Yukiyoshi ^a   Nemoto, Manabu ^a   Hasegawa, Shuichi ^b   Yanai, Yosuke ^a   Kuwao, Kazunobu ^b   Hirota, Tomoyoshi ^a  

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

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat flux; Heat insulation effect of snow cover; Refreezing; Snow removal treatment; Soil water movement; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AIR TEMPERATURE; COLD REGIONS; FROZEN LAYER; HEAT INSULATION; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN WATER; REFREEZING; SHORT PERIODS; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; SNOWMELT WATER; SOIL FREEZING; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; VADOSE ZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEWATERING; FREEZING; FROZEN SOILS; GROUNDWATER; HEAT FLUX; ICE CONTROL; RAIN; SEEPAGE; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER TREATMENT;

SNOW;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; INFILTRATION; RAINWATER; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; MEMURO; SAPPORO;

EID: 79953794537     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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