Quantification of incoming all-wave radiation in discontinuous forest canopies with application to snowmelt prediction

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3322-3331

  Lawler, Robert R ^a   Link, Timothy E ^b  

^a U S Forest Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Forest; Longwave radiation; Shortwave radiation; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAPS; FOREST; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SNOWMELT;

DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

RADIATION;

CANOPY GAP; FOREST CANOPY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NET RADIATION; PREDICTION; RADIOMETER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOWMELT; SOLAR RADIATION;

COMMUNICATION; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MELTING; RADIATION; RADIO WAVES; SNOW; SUN LIGHT;

EID: 80053275591     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8150     Document Type: Article

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