how important is snow interception by plant for central Himalayas. Any reference articles.
It is an important component of snow hydrology as it influences accretion and melt process. Most watershed hydrological models can simulate this process at regional scale using land cover and the threshold temperature for snow as precipitation.
Here are some related papers:
Brown, Brown, M. E., Racoviteanu, A. E., Tarboton, D. G., Gupta, A. S., Nigro, J., Policelli, F., ... & Hummel, P. (2014). An integrated modeling system for estimating glacier and snow melt driven streamflow from remote sensing and earth system data products in the Himalayas. Journal of Hydrology, 519, 1859-1869.
Li, H. O. N. G., Beldring, S., Xu, C. Y., & Jain, S. K. (2014). Modelling runoff and its components in Himalayan basins. 7th Global FRIEND-Water, Montpellier, France.
Verdhen, A., & Prasad, T. (1993). Snowmelt runoff simulation models and their suitability in Himalayan conditions. IAHS Publications-Publications of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 218, 239-248.
Nepal, S., Krause, P., Flügel, W. A., Fink, M., & Fischer, C. (2014). Understanding the hydrological system dynamics of a glaciated alpine catchment in the Himalayan region using the J2000 hydrological model. Hydrological Processes, 28(3), 1329-1344.
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