A climatology of snowfall-temperature relationships in Canada

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D10, 1999, Pages 11985-11994

  Davis, Robert E ^a   Lowit, Michael B ^a   Knappenberger, Paul C ^a   Legates, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; PREDICTION; SNOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0033609245     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900104     Document Type: Article

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