A physical SNOWPACK model for the Swiss avalanche warning Part III: Meteorological forcing, thin layer formation and evaluation

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-184

  Lehning, Michael ^a   Bartelt, Perry ^a   Brown, Bob ^a,b   Fierz, Charles ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical layer; Surface exchange; Surface hoar; Turbulent fluxes; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WIND;

HEAT EXCHANGE;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; AVALANCHE; HOAR FROST; MICROSTRUCTURE; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SURFACE ENERGY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036840509     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(02)00072-1     Document Type: Article

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