Modeling bulk density and snow water equivalent using daily snow depth observations

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 521-536

  McCreight, J L ^a   Small, E E ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84908056145     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-521-2014     Document Type: Article

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