Spatial variability and trends in observed snow depth over North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Dyer, Jamie L ^a   Mote, Thomas L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LAKES; SNOW;

GRIDDED DATASET; SHALLOWER WINTER SNOWPACKS; SNOW DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

DATA SET; DEPTH DETERMINATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 33845644584     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027258     Document Type: Article

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