Observations of late winter Canadian tundra snow cover properties

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3962-3977

  Rees, Andrew ^a   English, Michael ^b   Derksen, Chris ^c   Toose, Peter ^c   Silis, Arvids ^c  

^a Knight Piesold Ltd   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Snow depth; Snow water equivalent; Tundra snow cover

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; SATELLITE PASSIVE MICROWAVE; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SURFACE WATER BALANCES; TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS;

SNOW;

CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE THICKNESS; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TUNDRA; WINTER;

EID: 84901747540     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9931     Document Type: Article

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