Indicators of climate warming in Minnesota: Lake ice covers and snowmelt runoff

Climatic Change

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-453

  Johnson, Stephanie L ^a   Stefan, Heinz G ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SORTING; SPRINGS (WATER); STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE WARMING; HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS; LAKE ICE COVERS; SNOWMELT RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744497846     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-0356-0     Document Type: Article

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