A global model simulation for 3-D radiative transfer impact on surface hydrology over the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5405-5413

  Lee, W L ^a   Gu, Y ^b   Liou, K N ^b   Leung, L R ^c   Hsu, H H ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HYDROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RUNOFF; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE FLUX;

CALIFORNIA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929630775     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5405-2015     Document Type: Article

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