Boundary-layer growth over snow and soil patches: Field observations

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 943-951

  Granger, Raoul J ^a   Essery, Richard ^b   Pomeroy, John W ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advection; Boundary layer; Sensible heat; Snow patches; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CALCULATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; SNOW; SOILS; WIND EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER GROWTH; SENSIBLE HEAT; SNOWMELT SEASON; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; UPWIND SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

HYDROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CALCULATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; SNOW; SOILS; WIND EFFECTS;

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; SNOWMELT;

EID: 33644881935     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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