Validation of the snow submodel of the biosphere-atmosphere transfer scheme with Russian snow cover and meteorological observational data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 353-373

  Yang, Zong Liang ^a   Dickinson, Robert E ^a   Robock, Alan ^b   Vinnikov, K Ya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BATS; LAND SURFACE MODEL; SNOW COVER; SNOW DEPTH; SURFACE ALBEDO;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031457344     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0353:VOTSSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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