Quantifying the contribution of glacier runoff to streamflow in the upper Columbia River Basin, Canada

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 849-860

  Jost, G ^a   Moore, R D ^a   Menounos, B ^b   Wheate, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA-CHANGES; CALIBRATED MODEL; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CLIMATE WARMING; COLUMBIA RIVER; COMPENSATING ERRORS; DYNAMIC CHANGES; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; GLACIER CHANGE; GLACIER ICE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RUNOFF; GLACIER VOLUME CHANGE; GOODNESS-OF-FIT STATISTICS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HISTORIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; LAND COVER; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL EFFICIENCY; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; ERRORS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICA; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATERSHEDS;

STREAM FLOW;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; MOUNTAIN REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; VOLUME;

CANADA; COLUMBIA BASIN;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84858717046     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-849-2012     Document Type: Article

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