The atmospheric snow-transport model: SnowDrift3D

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 203, 2011, Pages 526-542

  Schneiderbauer, Simon ^a   Prokop, Alexander ^b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MODELING; SNOW COVER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 80051873673     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311796905677     Document Type: Article

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