Inter-annual variability in the effects of riparian woodland on micro-climate, energy exchanges and water temperature of an upland Scottish stream

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1080-1095

  Garner, Grace ^a   Malcolm, Iain A ^b   Sadler, Jonathan P ^a   Millar, Colin P ^b   Hannah, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Hydrometeorology; Inter annual variability; Riparian forest; Stream energy budget; Stream river temperature

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; LATENT HEAT; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; WIND;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; RIPARIAN FORESTS; STREAM ENERGY;

RIVERS;

CLIMATES; ENERGY; FORESTS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923839062     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10223     Document Type: Article

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