Temporal changes in small scale snowpack surface roughness length for sublimation estimates in hydrological modelling

Cuadernos de Investigacion Geografica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-57

  Fassnacht, S R ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Roughness length; Snow; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649467553     PISSN: 02116820     EISSN: 16979540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18172/cig.1226     Document Type: Article

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