Modelled sensitivity of the snow regime to topography, shrub fraction and shrub height

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2375-2392

  Menard C B ^a   Essery, R ^b   Pomeroy, J ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUDGET CONTROL; LANDFORMS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; FRACTIONAL COVER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TWO-SOURCE MODEL;

SNOW;

EID: 84904797267     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-2375-2014     Document Type: Article

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