Analysis of snow in the 20th and 21st century Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory coupled climate model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Déry, Stephen J ^a   Wood, Eric F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLIMATE MODELING; FLUID DYNAMICS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SNOW COVER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CANADA; CORDILLERA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547992671     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006920     Document Type: Article

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