Catchment response to bark beetle outbreak and dust-on-snow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 523, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-210

  Livneh, Ben ^a   Deems, Jeffrey S ^a   Buma, Brian ^b   Barsugli, Joseph J ^a,c   Schneider, Dominik ^a   Molotch, Noah P ^a,d   Wolter, K ^c   Wessman, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Catchment hydrology; Dust on snow; Forest disturbance; Hydrologic modeling

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL STORAGE; DUST; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAM FLOW; SURVEYS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANNUAL WATER YIELDS; BARK BEETLE; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; FOREST DISTURBANCES; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL SURVEY; ALBEDO; BEETLE; DEPOSITION; DUST; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INFECTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MORTALITY; PERTURBATION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW ACCUMULATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGY; INSECTS; LAND USE; MORTALITY; PLANTATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA];

COLEOPTERA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84922475981     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.039     Document Type: Article

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