Spring snowpack anomaly patterns and winter climatic variability, British Columbia, Canada

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 623-632

  Moore, R D ^a   McKendry, I G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SNOW;

CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GLACIER; HEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; SNOWPACK;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0029663672     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03640     Document Type: Article

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