Parameterization for wind-induced preferential deposition of snow

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1994-2006

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Glacier mass balance; Preferential deposition; Snow distribution

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED REGIONAL PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ALPINE BASIN; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; DATA SETS; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; DISTRIBUTED ENERGIES; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HAUT GLACIER D'AROLLA; HIGH RESOLUTION; INHOMOGENEITIES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MEAN FLOW FIELDS; MEAN WIND SPEED; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; NUMERICAL FLOW MODELS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; SCALE DEPOSITION; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; SNOW TRANSPORT; SNOWMELT MODEL; STRONG CORRELATION; WIND FIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; FLOW FIELDS; GLACIERS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETERIZATION; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WIND POWER;

SNOW;

DEPOSITION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77954375641     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7776     Document Type: Article

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