Associations between spatially autocorrelated patterns of SSM/I-derived prairie snow cover and atmospheric circulation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2307-2316

  Derksen, C ^a   Wulder, M ^b   LeDrew, E ^a   Goodison, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric interaction; Passive microwave; Snow water equivalent; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

GETIS STATISTICS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE); SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION METHOD;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROLOGY;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTOCORRELATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRAIRIE; SNOW COVER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032448281     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199812)12:15<2307::AID-HYP798>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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