Forcing the snow-cover model SNOWPACK with forecasted weather data

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1115-1125

  Bellaire, S ^a   Jamieson, J B ^a   Fierz, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; HOAR FROST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW AVALANCHE; SNOW COVER; STRATIGRAPHY; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84861831195     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-1115-2011     Document Type: Article

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