Influence of canopy structure and direct beam solar irradiance on snowmelt rates in a mixed conifer forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-56

  Musselman, Keith N ^a,b   Molotch, Noah P ^b,c   Margulis, Steven A ^a   Kirchner, Peter B ^d   Bales, Roger C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy; Direct beam transmissivity; Forest; Sky view factor; Snow; SWE ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; IRRADIANCE; MIXED FOREST; SNOW; SNOWMELT; SOLAR RADIATION; TIMESCALE; TRANSMISSIVITY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84859636365     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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