Assessment of precipitation and snowcover in northern research basins

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 377-391

  Young, Kathy L ^a   Bolton, W Robert ^b   Killingtveit, Ånund ^c   Yang, Daqing ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic environments; Hydrology; Northern circumpolar basins; Rainfall; Snowfall; Water balance

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SNOW; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWCOVER; WATER BALANCE;

CATCHMENTS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; RAINFALL; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; WATER BUDGET;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VICTORIA [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

EID: 33845933941     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2006.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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