Simulation of an Arctic ground blizzard using a coupled blowing snow-atmosphere model

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 579-598

  Déry, Stephen J ^a,b   Yau, M K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0035528513     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2001)002<0579:SOAAGB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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