North American snow extent: 1900-1994

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1517-1534

  Frei, Allan ^a   Robinson, David A ^b   Hughes, Marilyn G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Linear regression analysis; North America; Principal components analysis; Snow

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0342393092     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19991130)19:14<1517::AID-JOC437>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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