Difficulties in Determining Snowpack Sublimation in Complex Terrain at the Macroscale
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In many mountainous regions, snowmelt is an essential component of water resources and ecosystem function and snow sublimation often leads to water loss from the given drainage basin.
Previous investigators have developed numerous modeling and measurement techniques to quantify sublimation, illustrating high variability over short distances.
The complexities of modeling and measuring sublimation limit investigations to smaller scales in complex terrain and therefore the effects that microscale controls on sublimation have at the macroscale are not well understood.
A key component of microscale variability, vegetation cover, can change on short time scales relative to other components (e.g., slope, aspect, and elevation) in response to natural and anthropogenic influences such as land use practice, drought, wildfire, insect infestation, and climate change.
Basic vegetation-sublimation relationships may vary within a given drainage basin, by climate type, seasonally, and interannually.
It is therefore particularly important to advance understanding of vegetation effects on sublimation at the macroscale.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Svoma, Bohumil M.. 2015. Difficulties in Determining Snowpack Sublimation in Complex Terrain at the Macroscale. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Svoma, Bohumil M.. Difficulties in Determining Snowpack Sublimation in Complex Terrain at the Macroscale. Advances in Meteorology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Svoma, Bohumil M.. Difficulties in Determining Snowpack Sublimation in Complex Terrain at the Macroscale. Advances in Meteorology. 2015. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1095735
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
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BIM-1095735