Inhomogeneous precipitation distribution and snow transport in steep terrain

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Lehning, M ^a   Lowe H ^a   Ryser, M ^a   Raderschall, N ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPINE TERRAIN; DEPOSITION PROCESSING; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; SCALE DEPOSITIONS; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; SNOW TRANSPORT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION SR); TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITY; WIND FIELDS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INHOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALTATION; SNOWSTORM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; WIND FIELD;

EID: 48649100020     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006545     Document Type: Article

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