SNOWPACK model simulations for snow in Hokkaido, Japan

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 123-129

  Hirashima, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishimura, Kouichi ^b   Baba, Emiko ^a   Hachikubo, Akihiro ^c   Lehning, Michael ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^c KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; GLACIOLOGY; HOAR FROST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 15444363632     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781815121     Document Type: Article

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