Back analysis of drifting-snow measurements over an instrumented mountainous site

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 54, 2010, Pages 207-217

  Naaim Bouvet, Florence ^a   Bellot, Hervé ^a   Naaim, Mohamed ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BACK ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; ICE DRIFT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SALTATION; SNOW COVER; WIND VELOCITY;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 80051889960     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791386661     Document Type: Article

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