Trends in snow ablation over North America

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 739-748

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

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; North America; Snow

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA STRUCTURES; HEAT FLUX; PATTERN MATCHING; SNOW;

GRIDDED DATASET; INTERDIURNAL SNOW; SNOW COVER EXTENT (SCE); SNOW DEPTH;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ABLATION; AIR MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BUDGET; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW COVER; SURFACE ENERGY; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248186547     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1426     Document Type: Article

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