The effects of a discontinuous snow cover on lower atmospheric temperature and energy flux patterns

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2161-2164

  Ellis, Andrew W ^a   Leathers, Daniel J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

DISCONTINUOUS SNOW COVER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY FLUX; SNOW COVER;

EID: 0032526128     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01582     Document Type: Article

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