Extreme-value statistics for snowpack water equivalent in the northeastern United States using the cooperative observer network

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 706-713

  Wilks, Daniel S ^a   Mckay, Megan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW DEPTH; SNOWPACK WATER EQUIVALENT;

USA, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030499150     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0706:EVSFSW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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