Hydroclimatic analysis of snowfall trends associated with the North American Great Lakes

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 471-486

  Ellis, Andrew W ^a   Johnson, Jennifer J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3242753506     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0471:HAOSTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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