Some aspects of the interaction of blowing snow with the atmospheric boundary layer

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1345-1358

  Déry, Stephen J ^a   Taylor, Peter A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blowing snow; Saltation; Sublimation; Suspension

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; SUBLIMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BLOWING SNOW;

SNOW;

BLOWING SNOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; PBSM; SALTATION; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; SUSPENSION; TURBULENCE;

CANADA, PRAIRIES;

EID: 0030265157     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199610)10:10<1345::AID-HYP465>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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