Quantifying the contribution of glacier runoff to streamflow in the upper Columbia River Basin, Canada

Glacier melt provides important contributions to streamflow in many mountainous regions. Hydrologic model calibration in glacier-fed catchments is difficult because errors in modelling snow accumulation can be offset by compensating errors in glacier melt. This problem is particularly severe in catc...

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Published in:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Main Authors: G. Jost, R. D. Moore, B. Menounos, R. Wheate
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-849-2012
http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/849/2012/hess-16-849-2012.pdf
https://doaj.org/article/b0c82ea0a9024ecaa47572be3ac9e6ca