Analytical model of seasonal climate impacts on snow hydrology: Continuous snowpacks

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1465-1481

  Woods, Ross A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Analytical; Climate; Model; Seasonal; Snow

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL; ANALYTICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPLEX SIMULATION; COMPUTATION RESOURCES; DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLES; GLOBAL APPLICATIONS; LIMITED DATA; LOW-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; MEAN PRECIPITATION; MELT RATE; SCALE PREDICTION; SEASONAL; SEASONAL SNOWPACK; SEASONALITY; SIMILARITY INDICES; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW HYDROLOGY; SNOW STORAGE; SNOW WATER; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE; TEMPERATURE INDEX; TEMPERATURE REGIMES;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER;

SNOW;

CLIMATE FORCING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MODELING; SEASONALITY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249105684     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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