Increasing Great Lake-effect snowfall during the twentieth century: A regional response to global warming?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3535-3542

  Burnett, Adam W ^a   Kirby, Matthew E ^b   Mullins, Henry T ^c   Patterson, William P ^d  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS;

ICE COVER; WINTER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES;

SNOW;

GLOBAL WARMING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0347983898     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3535:IGLSDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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