Dependence of snow gauge collection efficiency on snowflake characteristics

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 745-762

  Thériault, Julie M ^a,b   Rasmussen, Roy ^a   Ikeda, Kyoko ^a   Landolt, Scott ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis modeling; Sensitivity studies; Surface observations; Wind effects

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CORRECTION FACTORS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; PRECIPITATION GAUGES; PRECIPITATION RATES; RESEARCH FIELDS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TERMINAL VELOCITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; GAGES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

SNOW;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW FIELD; HYDROLOGY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOWPACK; SNOWSTORM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84861731956     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0116.1     Document Type: Article

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