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- Title
Difference in snowmelt processes between an opening and three Japanese cedar stands.
- Authors
Murakami, Shigeki; Takeuchi, Yukari
- Abstract
Snowmelt was measured on a daily basis for 17 days at the open site and 18 days at three Japanese cedar sites with canopy closure of 17.8% (cedar stand A), 5.2% (B) and 2.4% (C) in April. Measured daily snowmelt at each site was reproduced by heat-balance calculation with an accuracy of <±1 mm w.e. From 1st April to the date of snow disappearance net radiation accounted for 88.4, 43.0, 32.7 and 34.2% of total snowmelt energy at the open site, the cedar stands A, B and C, respectively. The ratio of sensible and latent heat to total snowmelt was 33.1–37.9 and 25.9–29.4%, respectively, at three cedar stands. The ratios of sensible and latent heat increased over time in accordance with the rise in temperature at all cedar sites. They became large on a daily basis when air temperature and/or wind speed were high. Wind speed is dependent on morphology around each site that also dictated snowmelt.
- Subjects
SNOWMELT; CRYPTOMERIA japonica; FOREST canopies; ATMOSPHERIC temperature; WIND speed
- Publication
Annals of Glaciology, 2019, Vol 59, Issue 77, p41
- ISSN
0260-3055
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/aog.2018.21