A probabilistic model to evaluate the optimal density of stations measuring snowfall

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 711-719

  Schneebeli, Martin ^a   Laternser, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DETECTORS; RAIN; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUTOMATIC STATIONS; PROBABILISTIC MODEL;

METEOROLOGY;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WEATHER STATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 3042775426     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2101.1     Document Type: Article

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