Snow redistribution by wind and interactions with vegetation at upper treeline in the Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 262-273

  Hiemstra, Christopher A ^a   Liston, Glen E ^a   Reiners, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TREELINE; VEGETATION COVER; WIND FIELD;

LIBBY FLATS; MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 0036695985     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552483     Document Type: Article

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