Snow cover, snowmelt timing and stream power in the Wind River Range, Wyoming

Geomorphology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Hall, Dorothy K ^a   Foster, James L ^a   DiGirolamo, Nicolo E ^b   Riggs, George A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

MODIS; Seasonal snow cover; Streamflow runoff; Wind River Range

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION RATE; MODIS; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WIND RIVER RANGE; WYOMING;

EID: 82455178986     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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