Evaluation of trends in derived snowfall and rainfall across Eurasia and linkages with discharge to the Arctic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Rawlins, Michael A ^a   Willmott, C J ^b   Shiklomanov, A ^a   Linder, E ^c   Frolking, S ^a   Lammers, R B ^a   Vorosmarty C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; RAIN; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIAN-BASIN SNOWFALL; PRECIPITATION-DISCHARGE LINKAGES;

GEOPHYSICS;

DISCHARGE; OCEAN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; SNOW; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIAN BASIN;

EID: 33646834955     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025231     Document Type: Article

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