Observed inconsistencies between snow extent and snow depth variability at regional/continental scales

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1066-1082

  Ge, Yan ^a   Gong, Gavin ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SNOW DEPTH; SNOW EXTENT; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE SENSOR; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 44349151880     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1829.1     Document Type: Article

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