Improved characterization of frozen soil processes in the Versatile Soil Moisture Budget model

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 511-531

  Mohammed, Getachew A ^a   Hayashi, Masaki ^a   Farrow, Christopher R ^a   Takano, Yasuhide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canadian prairies; Infiltration; Runoff; Snowmelt; Soil freezing; Soil frost

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROST; FROZEN GROUND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MELTWATER; PRAIRIE; RUNOFF; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84882672745     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS2012-005     Document Type: Article

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