Evaluation of forest snow processes models (SnowMIP2)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Rutter, Nick ^a   Essery, Richard ^b   Pomeroy, John ^c   Altimir, Nuria ^d   Andreadis, Kostas ^e   Baker, Ian ^f   Barr, Alan ^g   Bartlett, Paul ^g   Boone, Aaron ^h   Deng, Huiping ⁱ   Douville, Hervé ^h   Dutra, Emanuel ^j   Elder, Kelly ^k   Ellis, Chad ^c   Feng, Xia ^l   Gelfan, Alexander ^m   Goodbody, Angus ^k   Gusev, Yeugeniy ^m   Gustafsson, David ⁿ   Hellström, Rob ^o   Hirabayashi, Yukiko ^p   Hirota, Tomoyoshi ^q,am   Jonas, Tobias ^r   Koren, Victor ^s,ab   Kuragina, Anna ^m   Lettenmaier, Dennis ^e   Li, Wei Ping ^t   Luce, Charlie ^u   Martin, Eric ^h   Nasonova, Olga ^m   Pumpanen, Jukka ^d   Pyles, R David ^v   Samuelsson, Patrick ^w   Sandells, Melody ^x   Schädler, Gerd ^y   Shmakin, Andrey ^z   Smirnova, Tatiana G ^aa,ab   Stähli, Manfred ^ac   Stöckli, Reto ^ad   Strasser, Ulrich ^ae   Su, Hua ^af   Suzuki, Kazuyoshi ^ag   Takata, Kumiko ^ag   Tanaka, Kenji ^ah   Thompson, Erin ^g   Vesala, Timo ^d   Viterbo, Pedro ^ai   Wiltshire, Andrew ^aj,ak   Xia, Kun ^t   Xue, Yongkang ⁱ   Yamazaki, Takeshi ^ag,al   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^k ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^l Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

^m WATER PROBLEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^o BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^q NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^r WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^s CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^t China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^u ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^w SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^x UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^y KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^z INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^aa Cooperative Institute for Research in Environment Sciences University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^ab NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^ac SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^ad FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^af UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^ag JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^ah KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ai INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^aj DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ak MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^al TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^am National Agriculture and Food Research Organization   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CALIBRATION; LOCATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST SITES; FOREST SNOW; FORESTED SITES; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OPEN CONDITION; OPEN SITES; PRECIPITATION PHASE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK MODEL; SUBCANOPY;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIBRATION; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SNOWPACK;

EID: 66449089503     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011063     Document Type: Article

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