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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4295-2018
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Research article
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14 Aug 2018
Research article |
| 14 Aug 2018
| 14 Aug 2018
The influence of diurnal snowmelt and transpiration on hillslope throughflow and stream response
Brett Woelber
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geosciences Department, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Marco P. Maneta
Geosciences Department, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Joel Harper
Geosciences Department, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Kelsey G. Jencso
W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
W. Payton Gardner
Geosciences Department, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Andrew C. Wilcox
Geosciences Department, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Ignacio López-Moreno
Dpt. Procesos Geoambientales y Cambio Global, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, C.S.I.C. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Snow dynamics influence tree growth by controlling soil temperature in mountain pine forests A. Sanmiguel-Vallelado et al. 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108205
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- Role of transpiration in modulating ecosystem services in secondary tropical montane forests of Eastern Himalaya in India M. Kumar et al. 10.1016/j.ecohyd.2024.04.001
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Short summary
The hydrology of high-elevation headwaters in midlatitudes is typically dominated by snow processes, which are very sensitive to changes in energy inputs at the top of the snowpack. We present a data analyses that reveal how snowmelt and transpiration waves induced by the diurnal solar cycle generate water pressure fluctuations that propagate through the snowpack–hillslope–stream system. Changes in diurnal energy inputs alter these pressure cycles with potential ecohydrological consequences.
The hydrology of high-elevation headwaters in midlatitudes is typically dominated by snow...
