TY - JOUR
T1 - The snowmelt and heat balance in snow-covered forested areas
AU - Yamazaki, T.
AU - Kondo, J.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - The snowmelt and heat balance in snow-covered forested areas have been studied with the use of a canopy model. It was found that, in general, as the canopy density increased the snowmelt decreased. However, with conditions of high air temperature, weak winds, and large snow albedo, a greater degree of snowmelt occurred under a dense canopy due to infrared radiation from the canopy elements than under a sparse canopy. Although the snow temperature was never higher than 0°C while the air temperature was greater than 0°C, an upward sensible heat flux was supplied from the forest canopy, resulting in the atmospheric heating. -Authors
AB - The snowmelt and heat balance in snow-covered forested areas have been studied with the use of a canopy model. It was found that, in general, as the canopy density increased the snowmelt decreased. However, with conditions of high air temperature, weak winds, and large snow albedo, a greater degree of snowmelt occurred under a dense canopy due to infrared radiation from the canopy elements than under a sparse canopy. Although the snow temperature was never higher than 0°C while the air temperature was greater than 0°C, an upward sensible heat flux was supplied from the forest canopy, resulting in the atmospheric heating. -Authors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0027072039&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0027072039&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1175/1520-0450(1992)031<1322:TSAHBI>2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1175/1520-0450(1992)031<1322:TSAHBI>2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027072039
VL - 31
SP - 1322
EP - 1327
JO - Journal of Applied Meteorology
JF - Journal of Applied Meteorology
SN - 0894-8763
IS - 11
ER -