The sensitivity of snowmelt processes to climate conditions and forest cover during rain-on-snow: a case study of the 1996 Pacific Northwest flood

Marks, Danny; S. Kimball, John; Tingey, Dave; E. Link, Timothy

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199808/09)12:10/11<1569::aid-hyp682>3.0.co;2-l

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The sensitivity of snowmelt processes to climate conditions and forest cover during rain-on-snow: a case study of the 1996 Pacific Northwest flood

Published in Hydrological Processes • Aug 1, 1998

Authors:

Danny Marks

John S. Kimball

Dave Tingey

Abstract

A warm, very wet Pacific storm caused significant flooding in the Pacific Northwest during February 1996. Rapid melting of the mountain snow cover contributed to this flooding. An energy balance snowmelt model is used to simulate snowmelt processes during this event in the Central Cascade Mountains ...

Subject

Snowmelt

Snow

Environmental science

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