A spatial and temporal analysis of damaging snowstorms in the United States

Natural Hazards

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-389

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a   Changnon, David ^b  

^a Changnon Climatologist   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophes; Climate variability; Economic impacts; Snowstorms; U.S.

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; NATURAL HAZARD; SNOWSTORM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 32344447041     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-005-6581-4     Document Type: Article

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