The contribution of glacier melt to streamflow

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Schaner, Neil ^a   Voisin, Nathalie ^b   Nijssen, Bart ^a   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacier melt; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

GLACIER CHANGE; GLACIER DISCHARGES; GLOBAL HYDROLOGY; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAM NETWORKS; UPPER BOUND;

ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MELTING; RISK FACTOR; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84867072787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034029     Document Type: Article

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