Historic climate factors associated with major avalanche years on the Wasatch Plateau, Utah

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-332

  Hebertson, Elizabeth G ^a   Jenkins, Michael J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance ecology; Intermountain climate; Snow avalanches; Tree ring analyses

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANNING;

CLIMATE FACTORS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AVALANCHE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH PLATEAU;

EID: 0142218339     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(03)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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