The effect of slope aspect on the response of snowpack to climate warming in the Pyrenees

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 207-219

  Lopez Moreno J I ^a   Revuelto, J ^a   Gilaberte, M ^a   Moran Tejeda E ^a   Pons, M ^b   Jover, E ^b   Esteban, P ^c   Garcia C ^d   Pomeroy, J W ^e  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria   (Andorra)

^c Institut d'Estudis Andorrans (CENMA/IEA)   (Andorra)

^d Geological Institute of Cataluña IGC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MASS BALANCE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWPACK;

PYRENEES;

EID: 85027953360     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0991-0     Document Type: Article

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