Contribution of icing ablation to streamflow in a discontinuous permafrost area

Icings, present in many small streams in the discontinuous permafrost environment, alter the seasonal water balance by redistributing a component of flow from the winter to the spring. Icing ablation continues to contribute to streamflow after the disappearance of the snowpack and constitutes an additional source of runoff. The temporal variability and significance of icing ablation to streamflow were examined with a combined water balance and …