Sensitivity of snowmelt hydrology in Marmot Creek, Alberta, to forest cover disturbance

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1891-1904

  Pomeroy, John ^a   Fang, Xing ^a   Ellis, Chad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian rocky mountains; Clear cutting; Fire; Forest; Pine beetle; Snow

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; HYDROLOGY; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SUBLIMATION;

COLD REGIONS HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; FOREST; FOREST DISTURBANCES; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; PINE BEETLE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SNOW REDISTRIBUTIONS; SNOWMELT HYDROLOGY;

STREAM FLOW;

CLEARCUTTING; COLD REGION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERCEPTION; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PARAMETERIZATION; SALVAGING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW;

ALBERTA; CANADA; DEFORESTATION; FACINGS; FOREST FIRES; HYDROLOGY; MELTING; PHASE TRANSITION; PINUS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; SUBLIMATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MARMOT CREEK;

COLEOPTERA; MARMOTA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 84862020345     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9248     Document Type: Article

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