Simulation of seasonal snowfall over Colorado

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 462-477

  Ikeda, Kyoko ^a   Rasmussen, Roy ^a   Liu, Changhai ^a   Gochis, David ^a   Yates, David ^a   Chen, Fei ^a   Tewari, Mukul ^a   Barlage, Mike ^a   Dudhia, Jimy ^a   Miller, Kathy ^a   Arsenault, Kristi ^c   Grubišić, Vanda ^b   Thompson, Greg ^a   Guttman, Ethan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Headwaters; Rocky mountains; Seasonal; SNOTEL; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

COLORADO; HEADWATERS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEASONAL; SNOTEL; SNOWFALL;

CLIMATE MODELS; LANDFORMS; SNOW; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DATA SET; HEADWATER; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SNOW;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955756585     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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