Evaluation of snow cover in CLASS for SnowMIP

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-238

  Brown, Ross ^a   Bartlett, Paul ^a   MacKay, Murray ^a   Verseghy, Diana ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

EID: 33750683043     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.440302     Document Type: Article

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