Urban snowmelt and runoff in northern Sweden
Författare
Summary, in English
Snowmelt and runoff in urban areas in Lulea, north Sweden, are discussed and compared with rural conditions. The uneven snow distribution in cities is quantified. Energy fluxes at the snow surface in different environments are estimated. It is shown that, mainly because of increased absorbed radiative energy in the snow, the daily melt is about 10 mm higher in the city than in rural environments. In the course of prolonged snowmelt, the infiltration capacity of most soils in urban areas becomes so reduced that melt-induced peak flows from grassed and gravelled surfaces are similar to those from asphalted surfaces. When rain falls on snow, overland flow may take place from the entire area of a basin.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
1992
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
263-275
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Hydrological Sciences Journal
Volym
37
Issue
3
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Water Engineering
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0262-6667