Reconstructing snowmelt runoff in the Yukon River basin using the SWEHydro model and AMSR-E observations

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2563-2572

  Ramage, Joan ^a   Semmens, Kathryn A ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; Pelly River; Snowmelt runoff; Stewart River; SWEHydro; Yukon

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; RUNOFF; SNOW;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR EOS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT RUNOFF; SWEHYDRO; YUKON;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

AMSR-E; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRAINAGE; RUNOFF; SATURATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

CANADA; PELLY RIVER; YUKON RIVER; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84862016187     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9226     Document Type: Article

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