Implications during transitional periods of improvements to the snow processes in the land surface scheme - Hydrological model WATCLASS

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-403

  Fassnacht, S R ^a,b   Soulis, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 13644265858     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.400402     Document Type: Review

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