A new look at lake-effect snowfall trends in the Laurentian Great Lakes using a temporally homogeneous data set

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-29

  Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a   Ensor, Leslie ^a   Palecki, Michael ^a   Easterling, David ^b   Robinson, David ^c   Hubbard, Kenneth G ^d   Redmond, Kelly ^e  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Lake effect; Snowfall; Trends

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURES; CLIMATE TRENDS; COLD AIR OUTBREAKS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DATA SETS; GREAT LAKES; ICE COVERS; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; LIQUID WATERS; MICHIGAN; MOISTURE FLUXES; ONTARIO; QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; SNOWFALL; SNOWFALL TRENDS; TRENDS; UPWARD TRENDS;

LAKES;

HOMOGENEITY; LAURENTIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 62649088993     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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