Process-based snowmelt modeling: Does it require more input data than temperature-index modeling?

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 65-75

  Todd Walter, M ^a   Brooks, Erin S ^b   McCool, Donald K ^c   King, Larry G ^c   Molnau, Myron ^b   Boll, Jan ^b  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrological model; Energy budget; Environmental energy; Process based model; Snowmelt; Temperature index model

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HYDROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ENERGY COMPONENTS; LANDSCAPE; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE-INDEX;

SNOW;

COLD REGION; ENERGY BUDGET; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 9944265083     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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