Modeling the spatial distribution of snow cover in the Dudhkoshi Region of the Nepal Himalayas

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 204-222

  Shrestha, Maheswor ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Koike, Toshio ^a   Xue, Yongkang ^b   Hirabayashi, Yukiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic models; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84863351937     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-10-05027.1     Document Type: Article

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