Snowmelt Runoff

TitleSnowmelt Runoff
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsDeWalle D., Rango A.
Book TitlePrinciples of Snow Hydrology
ChapterChapter 9
Pagination235-265
PublisherCambridge University Press
CityCambridge, NY
ARIS Log Number173173
Keywordsmeltwater, snow hydrology, snowmelt runoff, snowpack
Abstract

Understanding the generation of streamflow from snowmelt involves integration of processes that produce meltwater within the snowpack, processes that delay and store liquid water in the snowpack and processes that direct the flow of meltwater through watersheds to stream channels. Computations of liquid water dynamics in snowpacks and melt rates have been covered in prior chapters. In this chapter these concepts and computations are synthesized with a discussion of the movement of meltwater within watersheds and the resulting hydrographs of snowmelt runoff. Emphasis is given to factors unique to generation of streamflow from snowmelt, such as frozen ground effects and rain-on-snow flooding.

URLhttp://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/earth-and-environmental-science/hydrology-hydrogeology-and-water-resources/principles-snow-hydrology