SUB-grid-scale topography and the simulation of northern hemisphere snow cover

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 961-982

  Walland, David J ^a   Simmonds, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; General circulation model; Northern Hemisphere; Snow; Sub grid scale processes; Topography; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

GCM; MODEL; SNOW COVER; SNOW HYDROLOGY; SUBGRID SCALE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030427298     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199609)16:9<961::AID-JOC72>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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