Sensitivity of turbulent fluxes to wind speed over snow surfaces in different climatic settings

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-189

  Dadic, Ruzica ^a   Mott, Rebecca ^b   Lehning, Michael ^b,c   Carenzo, Marco ^d   Anderson, Brian ^a   Mackintosh, Andrew ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Glacier mass balance; Snow and Ice; Turbulent uxes sensitivity; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; FLUX-PROFILE RELATIONSHIPS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SNOW AND ICE; TURBULENT UXES SENSITIVITY; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED VARIATIONS;

CATCHMENTS; ENERGY BALANCE; ICE; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84877143692     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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