Precipitation in the Svarfaoardalur region, North-Iceland

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 57-66

  Brynjolfsson S ^a,b   Olafsson H ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^c Institute for Meterological Research   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 63149183133     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-008-0348-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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