Snow surface energy exchanges and snowmelt at a continental, midlatitude Alpine site

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 689-701

  Cline, Donald W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ENERGY CONVERTERS; HYDROLOGY; SNOW;

ALPINE; CLIMATE; ENERGY BALANCE; MASS BALANCE; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SNTHERM MODEL;

BUDGET CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; SNOW;

COLORADO FRONT RANGE; ENERGY EXCHANGES; MASS BALANCE MODEL; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENCE; SNOW-MELT SEASON; SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030618860     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00026     Document Type: Article

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