SnowSlide: A simple routine for calculating gravitational snow transport

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bernhardt, M ^a   Schulz, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE AREAS; ALPINE REGIONS; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; ENERGY CYCLE; GERMANY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LAND SURFACE; MODEL COMPONENTS; SNOW COVERS; SNOW PATTERNS; SNOW TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY; GRAVITATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

SNOW;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SNOW; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 77953561046     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043086     Document Type: Article

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