Greater vulnerability of snowmelt-fed river thermal regimes to a warming climate

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 16; no. 5; p. 54006
• Main Authors: Yan, Hongxiang, Sun, Ning, Fullerton, Aimee, Baerwalde, Matthew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Climate; Climate change; Cooling; Cooling effects; Creeks & streams; DHSVM; Elevation; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; fish growth; Hydrology; Meltwater; Model testing; Modelling; Mountains; River basins; Rivers; Runoff; Salmon; Snow; Snowmelt; Soil temperature; Stream discharge; Stream flow; Summer; Temperature effects; Thermal energy; Tributaries; water temperature; Watersheds

Abstract While the advective flux from cool melt runoff can be a significant source of thermal energy to mountainous rivers, it has been a much less addressed process in river temperature modeling and thus our understanding is limited with respect to the spatiotemporal effect of melt on river temper...