Physically-based modifications to the Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting model. Part A: Modeling the effects of frozen ground on the runoff generation process

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PD, 2014, Pages 3475-3491

  Koren, Victor ^a   Smith, Michael ^a   Cui, Zhengtao ^a,b  

^a NOAA/National Weather Service   (United States)

^b Len Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Frost; Frozen ground; Hydrologic model; Soil moisture; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

FROST EFFECTS; FROZEN SOILS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FREEZING AND THAWING SOILS; FROST; FROZEN GROUND; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; RUNOFF GENERATION PROCESS; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

FROST; FROZEN GROUND; LAND SURFACE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STREAMFLOW;

MINNESOTA; ROOT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919932466     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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