Physical and optical properties of snow covering Arctic tundra on Svalbard

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 1999, Pages 2331-2343

  Gerland, Sebastian ^a   Whither, Jan Gunnar ^a   Ørbæk, Jon Børre ^a   Liston, Glen E ^b   Øritsland, Nils Are ^a   Blanco, Alberto ^c   Ivanov, Boris ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biota; Optical properties; Physical properties; Snow; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ICE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOILS;

ARCTIC; BIOTA; SVALBARD;

SNOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SNOW COVER; TUNDRA;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0342471007     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199910)13:14/15<2331::aid-hyp855>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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