Observations of snowpack ripening in the Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A.

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 45, Issue 151, 1999, Pages 409-416

  Kattelmann, Richard ^a   Dozier, Jeff ^b  

^a Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOWPACK; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033498910     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002214300000126X     Document Type: Article

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