The predictability of winter snow cover over the Western United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1062-1073

  Marshall, Susan ^a   Oglesby, Robert J ^b   Nolin, Anne W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENSORS; SNOW; SUN;

SNOW COVERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PREDICTION; SNOW COVER; WINTER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141593895     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<1062:TPOWSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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