Representing variability in subgrid snow cover and snow depth in a global land model: Offline validation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3318-3330

  Nitta, T ^a,b   Yoshimura, K ^b   Takata, K ^a,c   O'ishi, R ^a,b   Sueyoshi, T ^d   Kanae, S ^e   Oki, T ^f   Abe Ouchi, A ^b   Liston, G E ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; LAND SURFACE MODELING; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OFF-LINE SIMULATIONS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

SNOW;

ENERGY BUDGET; MODELING; MODIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SIMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84899088235     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00310.1     Document Type: Article

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