Derivation of an adjustment factor map for the estimation of the water equivalent of snowfall from ruler measurements in Canada

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 284-293

  Mekis, Éva ^a   Brown, Ross ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUGE; MAP; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW;

CANADA;

EID: 78651107450     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/AO1104.2010     Document Type: Article

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