Persistence in intra-annual snow depth distribution: 1.Measurements and topographic control

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Schirmer, M ^a   Wirz, V ^a   Clifton, A ^a   Lehning, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MODEL-BASED OPC; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SNOW DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; STRONG LINK; TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROL; WIDE AREA MEASUREMENT; WIND DIRECTIONS;

HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STORMS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

SNOW;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AVALANCHE; GLACIOLOGY; LASER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; STORM; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 79955950736     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009426     Document Type: Article

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