Effect of seasonal snow cover on suspended sediment runoff in a mountainous catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 428-429, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-128

  Iida, Toshiaki ^a   Kajihara, Akihiko ^b   Okubo, Hiroshi ^b   Okajima, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mountainous catchment; Snow cover; Snowmelt; Suspended sediment; Temperate zone

Indexed keywords

ABLATION PROCESS; BED LOAD; DYNAMIC CHANGES; FIRST FLUSH; LATE STAGE; MEAN SEA LEVEL; RELATION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONAL SNOW COVER; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW COVERS; SNOW-MELTING; SNOWMELT; STEEP SLOPE; STREAM BANKS; STREAM WATER; SURFACE SOIL; TEMPERATE ZONE; WATER DISCHARGES;

CATCHMENTS; HYSTERESIS; MELTING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

SNOW;

ABLATION; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MELTING; MOUNTAIN REGION; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84857688185     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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