Comparison of the SnowHydro snow sampler with existing snow tube designs

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2555-2562

  Dixon, David ^a   Boon, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mountain snow; Snow; Snow measurement; Snow tubes; Southwestern Alberta

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA; NEW DESIGN; SAMPLING ERRORS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TUBE DESIGN;

DESIGN; ERROR ANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SNOW;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESIGN METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84864751701     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9317     Document Type: Article

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