Canopy radiation transmission for an energy balance snowmelt model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mahat, Vinod ^a   Tarboton, David G ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION RESULTS; BEER'S LAW; CANOPY RADIATION; CANOPY SCATTERING; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTRIBUTED ENERGIES; FOREST CANOPIES; FORESTED AREA; FORESTED ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; NET RADIATION; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELING; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION INTENSITY; RADIATION MODELS; RADIATION STREAM; RADIATION TRANSFER MODEL; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; SINGLE PATH; SNOWMELT; SNOWMELT MODEL; STUDY AREAS; TWO-STREAM; UTAH , USA; VEGETATION CLASS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY BALANCE; FORESTRY; RADIATION; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ABSORPTION; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOREST CANOPY; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; WATERSHED;

EQUATIONS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RADIATION; SIMULATION;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84856248085     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010438     Document Type: Article

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