A global analysis of snow depth for numerical weather prediction

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 726-740

  Brasnett, Bruce ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SNOW;

SNOW DEPTH;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DEPTH DETERMINATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PREDICTION; SNOW COVER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032720104     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0726:AGAOSD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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