Validation of the SNOWPACK model in five different snow zones in Finland

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-488

  Rasmus, Sirpa ^a   Grönholm, Tiia ^a   Lehning, Michael ^b   Rasmus, Kai ^a   Kulmala, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

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