On the simulation of regional scale sublimation over boreal and agricultural landscapes in a climate model

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-304

  MacKay, Murray D ^a   Bartlett, Paul A ^a   Chan, Ed ^a   Derksen, Chris ^a   Guo, Song ^b   Leighton, Henry ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOWPACK; SUBLIMATION; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 33750691700     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.440306     Document Type: Article

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