Homogenisation of a gridded snow water equivalent climatology for Alpine terrain: Methodology and applications

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 471-485

  Jorg Hess S ^a   Fundel, F ^a,c   Jonas, T ^b   Zappa, M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DATA SET; HOMOGENEITY; LAND SURFACE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; WATER RESOURCE; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYOSPHERE; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAP; RUNOFF;

ALPS;

EID: 84896607027     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-471-2014     Document Type: Article

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