Temporal and spatial characteristics of snowstorms in the contiguous United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1141-1155

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a   Changnon, David ^b   Karl, Thomas R ^c  

^a Changnon Climatologist   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SNOWSTORM; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

STORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SNOWSTORM; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

APPALACHIANS; CASCADE RANGE; GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749404772     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2395.1     Document Type: Article

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