Temperature dynamics of a proglacial stream: Identifying dominant energy balance components and inferring spatially integrated hydraulic geometry

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Magnusson, Jan ^a   Jonas, Tobias ^a   Kirchner, James W ^b,c  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL WIDTHS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; ENERGY BALANCE COMPONENTS; GRAVEL-BED STREAMS; GROUND WATER INFLOW; HETEROGENEOUS SEDIMENTS; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE; INTEGRATED INFORMATIONS; PROGLACIAL; PROGLACIAL STREAMS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RIPARIAN ZONES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STREAM TEMPERATURE CHANGES; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE REGIMES; THERMAL PROCESS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SEDIMENTS;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISCHARGE; ENERGY BALANCE; GRAVEL BED STREAM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; INFLOW; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

DAMMA GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; URI;

EID: 84862233560     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011378     Document Type: Article

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