Comparative analyses of physically based snowmelt models for climate simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 8 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2643-2657

  Jin, J ^a,b   Gao, X ^b   Yang, Z L ^b   Bales, R C ^b   Sorooshian, S ^b   Dickinson, R E ^b   Sun, S F ^a   Wu, G X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY FLUX; SNOWMELT; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 0033172604     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2643:caopbs>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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