Using wind fields from a high-resolution atmospheric model for simulating snow dynamics in mountainous terrain

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1064-1075

  Bemhardt, M ^a   Zangl G ^a   Liston, G E ^b   Strasser, U ^a   Mauser, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Alpine terrain; Distributed snow transport modelling; MM5; Model coupling; Wind field library

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; INTERPOLATION; PARKS; SNOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALPINE TERRAIN; DISTRIBUTED SNOW TRANSPORT MODELLING; MM5; MODEL COUPLING; WIND FIELD LIBRARY;

WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; INTERPOLATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

BAVARIA; BERCHTESGADEN NATIONAL PARK; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 62249095234     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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