Essays about: "Meltwater released"

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  1. 1. The effect of forest cover for the dynamics of a snowpack : linking snow water equivalents, meltwater contributions and evaporative loss

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Álvaro Valle Millán; [2010]
    Keywords : Forest hydrology; Clearcut; Snow accumulation; Snow water equivalents; Meltwater released; Evaporative loss; Water balance;

    Abstract : Forestry is one of the main economical activities in Sweden, but it can seriously affect the dynamic of the water cycle by altering several hydrological factors such as timing and amount of snow melt and meltwater contributions from the snowpack to the soil.This thesis, performed during the spring 2010 within the “Balsjö Catchment Study” in Northern Sweden, was carried out in order to understand how forest cover can influence the hydrology of snow-dominated boreal catchments. READ MORE