Historical snow cover variability in the great plains region of the USA: 1910 through to 1993

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1005-1018

  Hughes, Marilyn G ^a   Robinson, David A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Plains, USA; Gridded data; Principal component analysis; Snow cover; Step wise regression

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN; SNOW COVER;

USA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0030437438     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199609)16:9<1005::AID-JOC63>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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