Forest ecohydrological response to bimodal precipitation during contrasting winter to summer transitions

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 998-1013

  Mahmood, Taufique H ^a,c,d   Vivoni, Enrique R ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrologic model; Forest hydrology; Hillslope; Snow depth; Soil moisture; Southwestern United States

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; FOREST HYDROLOGIES; HILLSLOPES; SNOW DEPTHS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

FORESTRY;

ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST COVER; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK; WATER AVAILABILITY; WINTER;

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; RUNOFF; SOIL;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902008332     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1424     Document Type: Article

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