Observations and modeling of hillslope throughflow temperatures in a coastal forested catchment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3770-3795

  Leach, J A ^a   Moore, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

rain on snow; soil temperature; stream temperature; throughflow

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SURFACE WATERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; PROCESS REPRESENTATION; RAIN-ON-SNOW; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STREAM TEMPERATURES; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; THROUGHFLOW;

SNOW;

ADVECTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISCHARGE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYPORHEIC ZONE; SNOW COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; THERMAL REGIME; THROUGHFLOW;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 85027950026     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016763     Document Type: Article

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