Snowpack and precipitation chemistry at a high altitude site in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 737-748

  Lafrenière, Melissa J ^a   Sinclair, Kate E ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosols; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Precipitation chemistry; Rainfall; Seasonal variations; Snowpack chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACID ANIONS; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACK TRAJECTORIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; HIGH ALTITUDE SITES; HIGH ELEVATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; INORGANIC IONS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; N DEPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW LAYER; SNOWPACK CHEMISTRY; STORM SYSTEMS; WINTER SNOWPACK;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; IONS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RAIN; SNOW; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOADING; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWPACK; WATERSHED;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054692831     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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