Systematic patterns of the inconsistency between snow water equivalent and accumulated precipitation as reported by the snowpack telemetry network

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1970-1976

  Meyer, Jonathan D D ^a   Jin, Jiming ^a   Wang, Shih Yu ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Snow; Wind

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; TELEMETRY;

CASCADE RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874982504     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-066.1     Document Type: Article

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