Data time step to estimate snowpack accumulation at select United States meteorological stations

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1608-1615

  Fassnacht, S R ^a  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blowing snow; Meteorological data; Solid precipitation; Sublimation; Undercatch

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; METEOROLOGY; SUBLIMATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

METEOROLOGICAL DATA; SNOW TRANSPORT; SNOWPACK;

SNOW;

DATA ACQUISITION; METEOROLOGY; SNOW; SUBLIMATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

BLOWING SNOW; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SUBLIMATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250303428     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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