Large-scale mass balance effects of blowing snow and surface sublimation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Déry, Stephen J ^a,b   Yau, M K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowing snow; Mackenzie Basin; Mass balance; Snow; Sublimation; Water budget

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044447463     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001251     Document Type: Article

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