Regional variability in dust-on-snow processes and impacts in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 5397-5413

  Skiles, S Mckenzie ^a   Painter, Thomas H ^a   Belnap, Jayne ^b   Holland, Lacey ^c   Reynolds, Richard L ^b   Goldstein, Harland L ^b   Lin, John ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust on snow; Light absorbing impurities; Snow energy balance; Snow hydrology; Snowmelt; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DEPOSITION; DUST; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SNOW; WATERSHEDS;

COLORADO RIVER BASIN; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; SNOW HYDROLOGY; SNOWMELT; SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

LOADING;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; ENERGY BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SNOW; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA]; COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954397537     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10569     Document Type: Article

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