Distribution of snow accumulation on the Svartisen ice cap, Norway, assessed by a model of orographic precipitation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3998-4008

  Schuler, T V ^a,b   Crochet, P ^c   Hock, R ^d,e   Jackson, M ^b   Barstad, I ^f   Johannesson T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Downscaling; ERA 40; Glacier mass balance; Modellin; Orographic precipitation; Snow distribution

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW;

DOWNSCALING; ERA-40; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE CAPS; LINEAR MODELING; LT MODEL; MODELLIN; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; SNOW ACCUMULATIONS; SNOW DISTRIBUTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DOWNSCALING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE CAP; MASS BALANCE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION;

EID: 52949149716     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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