Modeling the snow cover in climate studies. 2. The sensitivity of internal snow parameters and interface processes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D10, 1998, Pages 11329-11340

  Loth, Bettina ^a   Graf, Hans F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL VALIDATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW MODEL;

EID: 0032571963     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD01412     Document Type: Article

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