The thermodynamic effects of sublimating, blowing snow in the atmospheric boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-283

  Déry, Stephen J ^a   Taylor, Peter A ^b   Xiao, Jingbing ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blowing snow; Mackenzie Basin; Saltation; Sublimation; Suspension

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; SALTATION; SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0032416336     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001712111718     Document Type: Article

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