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water balance

Scope: hydrology

Papers: 19 | Mentions: 25

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Knowledge graph centered on water balance with 72 nodes and 165 connections. Top connected: Atriplex canescens, climate change, snowpack persistence, groundwater storage dynamics, leaf water content.

Definition

Accounting framework where annual discharge equals precipitation minus evapotranspiration minus storage changes

Related Terms (2)

dS = P-ET-Qwater mass balance

Publications (23)

Controls from above and below: Snow, soil, and steepness drive diverging trends of subsurface water and streamflow dynamics

2025Hydrological Processescontext

Harmonized aerosol size distribution, cloud condensation nuclei, chemistry and optical properties at 10 sites

2025Scientific Datameasured variable

Recent Upper Colorado River Streamflow Declines Driven by Loss of Spring Precipitation

2024Geophysical Research Lettersmeasured variable

Hydrological control of rock carbon fluxes from shale weathering

2024Nature Waterprimary method

The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

2023Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societymeasured variable

The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

2023Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societyprimary focus

Impact of Crosstalk on Reflectivity and Doppler Measurements for the WIVERN Polarization Diversity Doppler Radar

2023IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensingcontext

Documents (1)

Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Company- Cresson Project

Related Concepts (10)

snowpack persistence

process33 shared papers

groundwater storage dynamics

process25 shared papers

evapotranspiration

process25 shared papers

precipitation

measurement20 shared papers

streamflow

process18 shared papers

leaf water content

measurement16 shared papers

aerosol-cloud interactions

process16 shared papers

snow water equivalent

measurement14 shared papers

mountain hydrology

framework14 shared papers

weathering

process13 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned4 papers

shrubs and trees

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pinaceae2 papers

woody vegetation

Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga menzeisii

Pine beetle

Pinus ponderosa

Pinaceae1 paper

lodgepole pine

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae1 paper

article

Evaluating 3 decades of precipitation in the Upper Colorado River basin from a high-resolution regional climate model

2023Geoscientific Model Developmentcontext

The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

2023Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societycontext

Dwindling Groundwater Reserves Will Threaten Mountain Streamflow in a Warmer World

2023Research Squareframework

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Quantifying Subsurface Flow and Solute Transport in a Snowmelt-Recharged Hillslope With Multiyear Water Balance

2022Water Resources Researchmeasured variable

The effects of spatial and temporal resolution of gridded meteorological forcing on watershed hydrological responses

2022Hydrology and Earth System Sciencesmeasured variable

Quantifying Subsurface Flow and Solute Transport in a Snowmelt-Recharged Hillslope With Multiyear Water Balance

2022Water Resources Researchframework

Bedrock weathering contributes to subsurface reactive nitrogen and nitrous oxide emissions

2021Nature Geoscienceanalysis

Green Light for Adaptive Policies on the Colorado River

2021Waterprimary focus

A deep learning hybrid predictive modeling (HPM) approach for estimating evapotranspiration and ecosystem respiration

2021Hydrology and Earth Systems Scienceanalysis

Concentration-Discharge Relationships of Dissolved Rhenium in Alpine Catchments Reveal Its Use as a Tracer of Oxidative Weathering

2021Water Resources Researchanalysis

Baseflow Age Distributions and Depth of Active Groundwater Flow in a Snow Dominated Mountain Headwater Basin

2020Water Resource Research doi 10.1029/2020WR028161context

Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

2019Watercontext

Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

2019Waterframework

Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

2019Journal of Hydrologymeasured variable

Depth- and time-resolved distributions of snowmelt-driven hillslope subsurface flow and transport and their contributions to surface waters.

2019Water Resources Researchanalysis

Propagating climate and vegetation change through the hydrologic cycle in a mountain headwaters catchment.

2015primary focus