Snowmelt energy balance and its relation to foehn events in Tokachi, Japan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 783-798

  Hayashi, Masaki ^a   Hirota, Tomoyoshi ^b   Iwata, Yukiyoshi ^b   Takayabu, Izuru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; FOEHN; SNOWMELT;

AICHI; ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOKAI [AICHI];

EID: 29144461131     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.783     Document Type: Article

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