Validation of the energy budget of an alpine snowpack simulated by several snow models (SnowMIP project)

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 150-158

  Etchevers, Pierre ^a   Martin, Eric ^a   Brown, Ross ^b   Fierz, Charles ^c   Lejeune, Yves ^a   Bazile, Eric ^d   Boone, Aaron ^d   Dai, Yong Jiu ^e   Essery, Richard ^f   Fernandez, Alberto ^g   Gusev, Yeugeniy ^h   Jordan, Rachel ⁱ   Koren, Victor ^j   Kowalczyk, Eva ^k   Nasonova, N Olga ^h   Pyles, R David ^l   Schlosser, Adam ^m   Shmakin, Andrey B ⁿ   Smirnova, Tatiana G ^o   Strasser, Ulrich ^p   Verseghy, Diana ^b   Yamazaki, Takeshi ^q   Yang, Zong Liang ^r   more..

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g Instituto Nac de Meteorologia ^*  (Spain)

^h WATER PROBLEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^o Forecast Systems Laboratory   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^q FORSG Change   (Japan)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ENERGY BUDGET; MELTING; MODEL VALIDATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 20144385466     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814825     Document Type: Article

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