Ice storm '98 in southcentral Canada and northeastern United States: A climatological perspective

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 61-79

  Higuchi, Kaz ^a   Yuen, C W ^b   Shahbar, Amir ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Earth System Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; EXTREME EVENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; STORM;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033941415     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040070033     Document Type: Article

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