Topography effects on small-scale precipitation variability in the Swiss pre-Alps

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 248, Issue , 1998, Pages 51-58

  Sevruk, Boris ^a   Matokova Sadlonova, Katarina ^b   Toskano, Lubica ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SNOW GAGES; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

TOPOGRAPHY EFFECTS;

SNOW;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032318931     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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