Predicting alpine headwater stream intermittency: A case study in the northern Rocky Mountains

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 68-80

  Sando, Roy ^a   Blasch, Kyle W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater surface water interaction; Intermittency; Prediction; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; GIS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; PREDICTION; SNOWPACK; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84930924802     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: 20803397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecohyd.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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