Fractional snow-covered area parameterization over complex topography

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1339-1351

  Helbig, N ^a   Van Herwijnen, A ^a   Magnusson, J ^a   Jonas, T ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; LANDFORMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STATISTICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SPATIALLY HOMOGENEOUS; SUBGRID PARAMETERIZATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES;

PARAMETERIZATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW COVER; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84924690376     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-1339-2015     Document Type: Article

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