Improving snowfall forecasting by diagnosing snow density

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 264-287

  Roebber, Paul J ^a   Bruening, Sara L ^a   Schultz, David M ^b   Cortinas Jr , John V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SNOW DENSITY;

SNOW;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOSONDE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0037983899     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0264:ISFBDS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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