Occurrence of blowing snow events at an alpine site over a 10-year period: Observations and modelling

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-63

  Vionnet, V ^a   Guyomarc'h, G ^b   Naaim Bouvet, F ^c   Martin, E ^a   Durand, Y ^b   Bellot, H ^c   Bel, C ^c   Pugliese P ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine site; Blowing snow; Blowing snow events; Crocus snowpack model

Indexed keywords

ALPINE SITE; BLOWING SNOW; GRAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MODEL RESULTS; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; SNOW TRANSPORT; SNOWPACK MODEL;

INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

SNOW;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BLOWING SNOW; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SNOWPACK; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WIND VELOCITY;

CROCUS;

EID: 84877155991     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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