Snowmelt modelling by combining air temperature and a distributed radiation index

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 169-187

  Cazorzi, F ^a   Dalla Fontana, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CALCULATIONS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

CLEAR SKY RADIATION; SNOW COVERED AREA; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT MAPS; SNOWMELT PHENOMENA; WATERSHED DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL;

SNOW;

MELTING; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GIS; MODELLING; RADIATION INDEX; SNOWMELT;

ITALY, CORDEVOLE; ITALY, DOLOMITES;

EID: 0030160791     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02913-3     Document Type: Article

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