Primary modes and predictability of year-to-year snowpack variations in the Western United States from teleconnections with Pacific Ocean climate

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-25

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Dettinger, Michael D ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; PREDICTION; SNOWPACK; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036003012     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2002)003<0013:PMAPOY>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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