The sublimation of falling snow over the Mackenzie River Basin

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-313

  Burford, Jason E ^a,b   Stewart, Ronald E ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0032215794     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(98)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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