Snow mass over North America: Observations and results from the second phase of the atmospheric model intercomparison project

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 681-695

  Frei, Allan ^a   Brown, Ross ^b   Miller, James A ^c   Robinson, David A ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 27744578784     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM443.1     Document Type: Article

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