Variability of snow depth at the plot scale: Implications for mean depth estimation and sampling strategies

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 617-629

  Lopez Moreno J I ^a   Fassnacht, S R ^b   Begueria S ^c   Latron, J B P ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DEPTH DETERMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; SAMPLING; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 80051724237     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-617-2011     Document Type: Article

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