A new temperature based method to separate rain and snow

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 5067-5085

  Kienzle, Stefan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mean annual snowfall; Model intercomparison analysis; Precipitation separation; Rain; Sensitivity analysis; Snow

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBERTA , CANADA; ALPINE REGIONS; CLIMATE STATIONS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DATA AVAILABILITY; EXISTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; INPUT VARIABLES; LINEAR TRANSITIONS; MEAN ANNUAL SNOWFALL; PRECIPITATION SEPARATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATIC THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THRESHOLD TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DECISION TREES; RAIN; SEPARATION; SNOW;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650302313     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7131     Document Type: Article

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