Interannual variations in snowpack in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3651-3665

  Selkowitz, David J ^a   Fagre, Daniel B ^a   Reardon, Blase A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine treeline; Crown of the Continent Ecosystem; Glacier National Park; Glaciers; Northern Rocky Mountains; Pacific decadal oscillation; SNOTEL; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; OSCILLATIONS;

SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT (SWE); SNOWPACK;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLACIER RETREAT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037203269     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1234     Document Type: Article

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