The representation of snow in land surface schemes: Results from PILPS 2(d)

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-25

  Slater, Andrew G ^a,c   Schlosser, C A ^b   Desborough, C E ^c   Pitman, A J ^c   Henderson Sellers, A ^d   Robock, A ^e   Vinnikov, K Ya ^f   Mitchell, K ^g   Boone, A ^h   Braden, H ⁱ   Chen, F ^g   Cox, P M ^j   De Rosnay, P ^k   Dickinson, R E ^l   Dai, Y J ^m   Duan, Q ^g   Entin, J ^j   Etchevers, P ^h   Gedney, N ⁿ   Gusev, Ye M ^o   Habets, F ^h   Kim, J ^p   Koren, V ^g   Kowalczyk, E A ^q   Nasonova, O N ^o   Noilhan, J ^h   Schaake, S ^g   Shmakin, A B ^r   Smirnova, T G ^a   Verseghy, D ^s   Wetzel, P ^t   Xue, Y ^u   Yang, Z L ^l   Zeng, Q ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Ctr for Ocean Land Atmosphere Stds   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

ⁱ DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^j Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research   (United Kingdom)

^k LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^m INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^o WATER PROBLEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^p LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^q CSIRO   (Australia)

^r INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^s ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^t NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 18044386192     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2001)002<0007:TROSIL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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