Simulation of snow mass and extent in general circulation models

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 12-13, 1999, Pages 2097-2113

  Yang, Zong Liang ^a   Dickinson, Robert E ^a   Hahmann, Andrea N ^a   Niu, Guo Yue ^b   Shaikh, M ^a   Gao, Xiaogang ^a   Bales, Roger C ^a   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^a   Jin, Jiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biosphere atmosphere transfer scheme (BATS); General circulation model (GCM); Global datasets; Snow extent; Snow mass; Snow model

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETRY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

BIOSPHERE ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER SCHEME; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL DATASETS; MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN; SNOW EXTENT; SNOW MASS;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; SNOWPACK;

CALIFORNIA; MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033190505     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199909)13:12/13<2097::AID-HYP895>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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