A new triple-moment blowing snow model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-155

  Yang, Jing ^a   Yau, M K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blowing snow; Double moment; Gamma distribution; Triple moment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; RADAR REFLECTION; VELOCITY;

BLOWING SNOW; GAMMA SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SNOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; RADAR REFLECTION; SNOW; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BLOWING SNOW; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; MIXING RATIO; POWER LAW; PREDICTION; REFLECTIVITY; SNOWSTORM;

EID: 36448966457     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9215-4     Document Type: Article

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