Improving the degree-day method for sub-daily melt simulations with physically-based diurnal variations

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-164

  Tobin, Cara ^a   Schaefli, Bettina ^a   Nicótina, Ludovico ^b   Simoni, Silvia ^a,c   Barrenetxea, Guillermo ^a   Smith, Russell ^e   Parlange, Marc ^a   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

^c Mountain eering Srl   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e WaterSmith Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Snowmelt comparison; Spatially explicit hydrological modeling; Temperature index methods; Wireless meteorological network

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; SNOWMELT; SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT MODELS; TEMPERATURE INDEX;

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MUSTELA;

EID: 84877129693     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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