Historical trend in river ice thickness and coherence in hydroclimatological trends in Maine

Climatic Change

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 217-236

  Huntington, T G ^a   Hodgkins, G A ^a   Dudley, R W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; ICE;

CLIMATE FORCING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FORCING; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE THICKNESS; RIVER ICE; WINTER;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345531103     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026360615401     Document Type: Article

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