Impacts of ENSO on snowfall frequencies in the United States

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 965-980

  Patten, Jillien M ^a   Smith, Shawn R ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; SNOW; STORMS;

WINTER STORMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344467283     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0965:IOEOSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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