Snow surface energy exchanges and snowmelt in a shrub-covered bog in eastern Ontario, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1876-1890

  Knox, Sara H ^a,c   Carey, Sean K ^b,c   Humphreys, Elyn R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Energy balance; Ground heat flux; Peatland; SNOBAL; Snow

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ENERGY BALANCE; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

DIRECT ASSESSMENT; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY EXCHANGES; GROUND HEATS; PEATLAND; PEATLAND ECOSYSTEMS; SMALL COMPONENTS; SNOBAL;

HEAT FLUX;

BOG; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; MASS BALANCE; NET RADIATION; PEATLAND; SHRUB; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE ENERGY; WATER VAPOR;

CANADA; MER BLEUE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84862014400     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9289     Document Type: Article

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