Long-term snow and weather observations at Weissfluhjoch and its relation to other high-altitude observatories in the Alps

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-583

  Marty, Christoph ^a   Meister, Roland ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; WEATHER;

ALPS; DAVOS; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND; WEISSFLUHJOCH;

EID: 84870389174     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0584-3     Document Type: Article

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