Implementation and evaluation of prognostic representations of the optical diameter of snow in the SURFEX/ISBA-Crocus detailed snowpack model

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 417-437

  Carmagnola, C M ^a   Morin, S ^a   Lafaysse, M ^a   Domine, F ^b   Lesaffre, B ^a   Lejeune, Y ^a   Picard, G ^c   Arnaud, L ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MEDIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SNOWPACK; SURFACE AREA;

CROCUS;

EID: 84904745226     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-417-2014     Document Type: Article

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