Estimating surface sublimation losses from snowpacks in a mountain catchment using eddy covariance and turbulent transfer calculations

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3699-3711

  Reba, Michele L ^a   Pomeroy, John ^b   Marks, Danny ^c   Link, Timothy E ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Snow; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL COMPONENT; EDDY COVARIANCE; MASS BALANCE; MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVERS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SUBLIMATION RATES; SURFACE SNOWPACKS; TIME VARIATIONS; TURBULENT TRANSFER; WIND SPEED; WINTER SEASONS;

CATCHMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EDDY COVARIANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SUBLIMATION;

EID: 84869880669     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8372     Document Type: Article

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