Estimating precipitation phase using a psychrometric energy balance method

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1901-1914

  Harder, Phillip ^a   Pomeroy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Rockies; Energy balance; Models; Phase change; Precipitation; Rainfall; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN ROCKIES; ENERGY BALANCE METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MICROPHYSICAL CALCULATIONS; PHASE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION EVENTS;

CATCHMENTS; CLOUDS; ESTIMATION; LASERS; METEOROLOGY; MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; RUNOFF; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY BALANCE;

CATCHMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SNOW;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MARMOT CREEK;

MARMOTA;

EID: 84879131106     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9799     Document Type: Article

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