Altitudinal dependency of snow amounts in two small alpine catchments: Can catchment-wide snow amounts be estimated via single snow or precipitation stations?

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 58, 2011, Pages 153-158

  Grünewald, Thomas ^a   Lehning, Michael ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CATCHMENT; DENSITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80051984559     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411797252248     Document Type: Article

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