Catchment-scale stream temperature response to land disturbance by wildfire governed by surface-subsurface energy exchange and atmospheric controls

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 517, Issue , 2014, Pages 328-338

  Wagner, Michael J ^a   Bladon, Kevin D ^b,c   Silins, Uldis ^b   Williams, Chris H S ^b   Martens, Amanda M ^b   Boon, Sarah ^d   MacDonald, Ryan J ^d   Stone, Micheal ^e   Emelko, Monica B ^e   Anderson, Axel ^f  

^a ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance; Headwaters; Rocky Mountains; Salvage harvesting; Stream temperature; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FOREST DISTURBANCES; HEADWATERS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SALVAGE HARVESTING; STREAM TEMPERATURES; WILDFIRE;

DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; HEADWATER; STREAM; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; THERMAL REGIME; TREND ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE; CATCHMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATERSHED;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84904863362     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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