Sensitivity of model parameterizations for simulated latent heat flux at the snow surface for complex mountain sites
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Michele L. Reba,* Danny Marks, Timothy E. Link, John Pomeroy and Adam Winstral 1 Agricultural Research Service, National Sedimentation Laboratory, Jonesboro, AR, USA 2 Agricultural Research Service, Northwest Watershed Research Centre, Boise, ID, USA 3 University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Moscow, ID, USA 4 Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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