Spatial interpolation of sub-daily air temperatures for snow and hydrologic applications in mesoscale Alpine catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2618-2630

  Jabot, E ^a   Zin, I ^a   Lebel, T ^a   Gautheron, A ^b   Obled, C ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b SPC Alpes du Nord ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Environmental lapse rate; Kriging; Snow hydrology; Sub daily time step; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE CATCHMENTS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; FRENCH ALPS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGIC APPLICATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; KEY PARAMETERS; KRIGING; KRIGING METHODS; LAPSE RATE; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MESOSCALE; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; PRECIPITATION PHASE; PREDICTION ERRORS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW HYDROLOGY; SNOW-COVER DYNAMICS; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME STEP; UNIVERSAL TIME;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SUN; TEMPERATURE;

INTERPOLATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864769748     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9423     Document Type: Article

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