A distributed model of blowing snow over complex terrain

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 1999, Pages 2423-2438

  Essery, Richard ^a   Li, Long ^a   Pomeroy, John ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blowing snow; Complex terrain; Snow distribution; Snow surveys; Snow transport; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBLIMATION; VEGETATION; WIND;

BLOWING SNOW; COMPLEX TERRAIN; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; SNOW TRANSPORT;

SNOW;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; SNOW COVER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIND;

EID: 0033208508     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199910)13:14/15<2423::AID-HYP853>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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