Erratum: Interannual variability of snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, United States: Examples from two alpine watersheds (Water Resources Research (2012) 48 (W02529) DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011006);Interannual variability of snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, United States: Examples from two alpine watersheds

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Jepsen, Steven M ^a   Molotch, Noah P ^b,c   Williams, Mark W ^b   Rittger, Karl E ^d   Sickman, James O ^e  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

ALPINE WATERSHED; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRINSIC CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TURBULENT ENERGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY FLUX; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO; GREEN LAKES VALLEY; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863419876     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012168     Document Type: Erratum

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