Evaluation of gridded precipitation for Norway using glacier mass-balance measurements

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 501-509

  Engelhardt, Markus ^a   Schuler, Thomas Vikhamar ^a   Andreassen, Liss Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glacier mass balance; Gridded precipitation; Norway; SeNorge

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 84870218185     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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