Wind influence on snow depth distribution and accumulation over glaciers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Dadic, R ^a,b   Mott, R ^c   Lehning, M ^c   Burlando, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; FLOW FIELD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77954371071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001261     Document Type: Article

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