Mesocell study area snow distributions for the Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX)

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 957-976

  Liston, Glen E ^a   Hiemstra, Christopher A ^a   Elder, Kelly ^b   Cline, Donald W ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c NOAA/National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; MODELING; SNOW; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 58049104261     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM869.1     Document Type: Article

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