Rain-on-snow events in the western United States

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-328

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Clark, Martyn P ^b   Hay, Lauren E ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RAIN; SNOW; STATISTICS;

EL NINO CONDITION; LA NINA CONDITION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 34247595552     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-3-319     Document Type: Article

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