The sensitivity of snow-surface temperature equation to sloped terrain

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 408, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 308-313

  Sade, Rotem ^a   Rimmer, Alon ^b   Iggy Litaor, M ^c   Shamir, Eylon ^d   Furman, Alex ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Mountainous terrain; Sloped terrain; Snow point model; Snow surface temperature; UEB

Indexed keywords

CALCULATED VALUES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ENERGY FLUXES; KEY COMPONENT; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MASS BALANCE; MELTING RATES; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; POINT ENERGIES; SENSIBLE HEAT; SLOPED TERRAIN; SLOPED TERRAINS; SNOW MODELS; SNOW SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UEB;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY BALANCE; LANDFORMS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SNOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; EQUATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MASS BALANCE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SLOPE; SNOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TERRAIN;

EID: 80052958777     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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