Changes in winter snowfall/precipitation ratio in the contiguous United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Feng, Song ^a   Hu, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SNOW; UNITED STATES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER RESOURCE; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148865611     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008397     Document Type: Article

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