The impact of snow model complexity at three CLPX sites

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1464-1481

  Feng, Xia ^a,e   Sahoo, Alok ^a   Arsenault, Kristi ^b   Houser, Paul ^a,c   Luo, Yan ^c   Troy, Tara J ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c Center for Research on Environment and Water   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BIOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREST COVER; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; VEGETATION; WATER RETENTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 65349145373     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM860.1     Document Type: Article

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