Mount Everest snow plume: A case study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Moore, G W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

1863 Hydrology: Snow and ice (1827); 3322 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Land atmosphere interactions; 3354 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Precipitation (1854); 9320 Information Related to Geographic Region: Asia

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; SPACE STATIONS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; WIND EFFECTS;

EAST ASIAN JET STREAM (EAJS); MOUNT EVEREST, HIMALAYAS; MOUNTAINS; SNOW PLUME;

SNOW;

JET STREAM; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PLUME; SNOW;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; MOUNT EVEREST; WORLD;

EID: 14044258348     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021046     Document Type: Article

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