Seasonal development of spatial snow-depth variability across different scales in the Swiss Alps

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 58, 2011, Pages 216-222

  Egli, Luca ^a   Griessinger, Nena ^b   Jonas, Tobias ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALPS;

EID: 80053547947     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411797252211     Document Type: Article

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