Melted snow volume control in the snowmelt runoff model using a snow water equivalent statistically based model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 3405-3415

  Bavera, D ^a,b   De Michele, C ^a   Pepe, M ^c   Rampini, A ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Model; Runoff; Snow water equivalent; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA INPUT; DISCHARGE VOLUME; NORTHERN ITALY; PARAMETER SET; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOW COVERED AREA; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOW-MELTING; SNOWMELT; SNOWMELT RUNOFF MODEL; SUMMER SEASON; VOLUME ESTIMATIONS; WINTER SEASONS;

MELTING; MODELS; RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

SNOW;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT;

EID: 84867218455     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8376     Document Type: Article

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