Factors influencing the variability of midwinter snow-depth decrease in the northern great plains of the United States

Physical Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 408-423

  Grundstein, Andrew J ^a   Leathers, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Plains; Modeling; Snow melt

Indexed keywords

SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW DEPTH; SNOWMELT;

USA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0031391708     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1997.10642627     Document Type: Article

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