Spatio-temporal measurements and analysis of snow depth in a rock face

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 893-905

  Wirz, V ^a,b   Schirmer, M ^a   Gruber, S ^b   Lehning, M ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERMAFROST; RESOLUTION; SNOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054959396     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-893-2011     Document Type: Article

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