Estimating the snow water equivalent from snow depth measurements in the Swiss Alps

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Jonas, T ^a   Marty, C ^a   Magnusson, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Mountain water resources; Seasonal snow; Snow hydrology; Spatiotemporal variability; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN WATER RESOURCES; SEASONAL SNOW; SNOW HYDROLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SWITZERLAND;

ESTIMATION; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

SNOW;

BULK DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70349976186     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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