An evaluation of the hydrologic relevance of lateral flow in snow at hillslope and catchment scales

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 640-654

  Eiriksson, David ^a   Whitson, Michael ^a   Luce, Charles H ^b   Marshall, Hans Peter ^a   Bradford, John ^a   Benner, Shawn G ^a   Black, Thomas ^b   Hetrick, Hank ^a   Mcnamara, James P ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral flow; Rain on snow; Runoff generation; Snow; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; DOWNSLOPE; DOWNSLOPE FLOW; DYE TRACER; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; HILLSLOPES; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; LATERAL FLOW; MELT WATER; RAIN-ON-SNOW; RELATIVE VELOCITY; RUNOFF GENERATION; SNOW PROPERTIES; SNOWMELT; SOIL SURFACES; WATER REDISTRIBUTION;

CATCHMENTS; RAIN; RIVERS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; DEPOSITION; DYE TRACER; HILLSLOPE; HYDROMETRY; MOISTURE; RUNOFF; SNOW; SOIL SURFACE; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 84874190073     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9666     Document Type: Article

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