Development and testing of a snow interceptometer to quantify canopy water storage and interception processes in the rain/snow transition zone of the North Cascades, Washington, USA

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3243-3256

  Martin, Kael A ^a   Van Stan II, John T ^b   Dickerson Lange, Susan E ^a   Lutz, James A ^c   Berman, Jeffrey W ^a   Gersonde, Rolf ^d   Lundquist, Jessica D ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d Watershed Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

canopy; interception; interceptometer; snow; SWE; VIC

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SATELLITE INTERCEPTION;

CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CANOPY; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; INSTALLATION METHODS; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; INTERCEPTOMETER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES;

SNOW;

CANOPY EXCHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERCEPTION; LASER METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; SNOW; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER STORAGE;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; SENSORS; SNOW;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CONIUM; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 84878498865     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20271     Document Type: Article

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