Snow cover and snow mass intercomparisons of general circulation models and remotely sensed datasets

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 409-426

  Foster, James ^a   Liston, Glen ^a   Koster, Randy ^a   Essery, Richard ^b   Behr, Helga ^c   Dumenil, Lydia ^c   Verseghy, Diana ^d   Thompson, Starly ^e   Pollard, David ^e   Cohen, Judah ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMPARISON; GCM; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SMMR; SNOW COVER;

EID: 0029751235     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0409:SCASMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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