Understanding and modeling the physical processes that govern the melting of snow cover in a tropical mountain environment in Ecuador

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Wagnon, P ^a   Lafaysse, M ^a   Lejeune, Y ^b   Maisincho, L ^c   Rojas, M ^c   Chazarin, J P ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c CEN Météo France/Centre National Recherche Meteorologique GAME ^*  (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TROPICS;

BARE GROUNDS; BARE SOILS; ECUADOR; HEAVY SNOWFALL; HORIZONTAL TRANSFER; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NATURAL SURFACE; NONUNIFORM; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SNOW COVERS; SNOW MODELS; SOIL LAYER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; TIME LAG; TROPICAL CONDITIONS; TURBULENT FLUX; WIND VELOCITIES;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BARE SOIL; DATA SET; MELTING; MORAINE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW COVER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL REGION; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOLIVIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 72049129172     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012292     Document Type: Article

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