Snowmelt and sublimation: Field experiments and modelling in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1076-1089

  Schulz, Oliver ^a   de Jong, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy balance model; High Atlas Mountains; Snow ablation modelling; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; MELTING; SNOW;

HYDROLOGY; SNOWMELT;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 18944381007     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-1076-2004     Document Type: Article

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