Interannual to decadal variability in climate and the glacier mass balance in Washington, Western Canada, and Alaska

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3181-3196

  Bitz, C M ^a,b   Battisti, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DECADAL VARIATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0033226282     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3181:ITDVIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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