Comparison of snow deposition, the snow cover energy balance, and snowmelt at two sites in a semiarid mountain basin

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-227

  Marks, Danny ^a   Winstral, Adam ^a  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0035536644     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2001)002<0213:COSDTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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