Modelling coupled transport of mass and energy into the snowpack - Model development, validation and sensitivity analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 232-255

  Tuteja, Narendra Kumar ^a   Cunnane, Conleth ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MODEL VALIDATION; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

SNOW;

COUPLED MODEL; ENERGY TRANSPORT; MASS TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

AUSTRIA, ALPS, KUHTAI;

EID: 0031213599     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03236-2     Document Type: Article

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