Winter season variability in North American prairie SWE distribution and atmospheric circulation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3273-3290

  Derksen, C ^a,b   Ledrew, E ^a   Walker, A ^a   Goodison, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Passive microwave; Principal components; Snow equivalent

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034736496     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1085(20001230)14:18<3273::AID-HYP203>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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