Changes in snow accumulation and ablation following the Las Conchas Forest Fire, New Mexico, USA

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 440-452

  Harpold, Adrian A ^a,b   Biederman, Joel A ^b   Condon, Katherine ^b   Merino, Manuel ^b   Korgaonkar, Yoganand ^b   Nan, Tongchao ^b   Sloat, Lindsey L ^c   Ross, Morgan ^c   Brooks, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance; Forest fire; Snow vegetation interactions; Snowpack energy balance; Sublimation; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DEFORESTATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FIRES; OPTICAL RADAR; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SUBLIMATION; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST FIRES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SNOW-COVERED FORESTS; VEGETATION CONTROL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PARTITIONING; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

SNOW;

ABLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FOREST FIRE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWPACK; SUBLIMATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STORAGE;

FOREST FIRES; PLANTS; RADAR; SNOW; WATER RESOURCES;

JEMEZ MOUNTAINS; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84897540628     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1363     Document Type: Article

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