Changes in the surface roughness of snow from millimetre to metre scales

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-229

  Fassnacht, S R ^a   Williams, M W ^b   Corrao, M V ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian dust; Fractal dimension; Roughness index; Snow; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651098819     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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