Relationship between atmospheric circulation and snowpack in the western USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 753-767

  Jin, Jiming ^a   Miller, Norman L ^a   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^b   Gao, Xiaogang ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; ENSO; PNA; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SNOW; WATER SUPPLY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); SNOW ANOMALIES; SNOWPACK;

HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; SNOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 33644931131     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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