Changes in the proportion of precipitation occurring as snow in New England (1949-2000)

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2626-2636

  Huntington, Thomas G ^a   Hodgkins, Glenn A ^a   Keim, Barry D ^b   Dudley, Robert W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; RUNOFF; SNOW; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; SPRING RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SNOW;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3843100558     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2626:CITPOP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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