Sensitivities and uncertainties of modeled ground temperatures in mountain environments

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1319-1336

  Gubler, S ^a   Endrizzi, S ^a   Gruber, S ^a   Purves, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ELEVATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; POROSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOPE; SNOW COVER; SOIL TYPE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84883150993     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-1319-2013     Document Type: Article

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