Estimating snow conditions in Finland in the late 21st century using the SNOWPACK model with regional climate scenario data as input

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 238-244

  Rasmus, Sirpa ^a   Räisänen, Jouni ^a,b   Lehning, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 5144219879     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814843     Document Type: Article

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