Estimates of threshold wind speeds for snow transport using meteorological data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-213

  Li, Long ^a,b   Pomeroy, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; SNOW; TRANSPORT; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; SNOW TRANSPORT; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA, PRAIRIES;

EID: 0031452637     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0205:EOTWSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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