Trends and variability in snowmelt runoff in the western United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 476-482

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Clark, Martyn P ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26444495646     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM428.1     Document Type: Article

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