Simulation of snow water equivalent (SWE) using thermodynamic snow models in Québec, Canada

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1447-1463

  Langlois, A ^a   Brucker, L ^b   Kohn, J ^a   Royer, A ^a   Derksen, C ^c   Cliche, P ^a   Picard, G ^b   Willemet, J M ^d   Fily, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WINTER;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 76249088133     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1154.1     Document Type: Article

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