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Energy Exchange and Late Season Snowmelt in a Small Opening in Colorado Subalpine Forest
Author(s) -
Dewalle David R.,
Meiman James R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr007i001p00184
Subject(s) - snowmelt , sensible heat , montane ecology , snow , environmental science , subalpine forest , latent heat , evaporation , hydrology (agriculture) , atmospheric sciences , geography , meteorology , geology , ecology , biology , geotechnical engineering
Two‐day melt of a late lying snow patch in a small opening in Colorado subalpine forest was largely due to net radiation and sensible heat exchange. Net radiation supplied 54 and 62% of melt energy on June 19 and 20, 1968, respectively, whereas sensible heat exchange accounted for 49 and 41% of melt energy. Three percent of melt energy was lost by evaporation each day.