Trend identification in twentieth-century U.S. snowfall: The challenges

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-73

  Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a   Palecki, Michael A ^a   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^b   Robinson, David A ^c   Redmond, Kelly T ^d   Easterling, David R ^e  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SEASONAL SNOW; SNOW CLIMATOLOGY; SNOW VARIABLES; TREND IDENTIFICATION;

SNOW;

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INHOMOGENEITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846811600     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2017.1     Document Type: Article

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