The detailed snowpack scheme Crocus and its implementation in SURFEX v7.2

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 773-791

  Vionnet, V ^a   Brun, E ^a   Morin, S ^b   Boone, A ^a   Faroux, S ^a   Le Moigne, P ^a   Martin, E ^a   Willemet, J M ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE SHEET; LAND SURFACE; METEOROLOGY; SIMULATION; SNOW COVER; SURFACE ENERGY; TIME SERIES;

FRANCE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CROCUS;

EID: 84870778106     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-5-773-2012     Document Type: Article

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