Trends in twentieth-century U.S. snowfall using a quality-controlled dataset

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-44

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

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; CLIMATE RESEARCHES; DATA SETS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; EXPERT JUDGMENTS; GREAT LAKES; MISSOURIS; QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; RIVER BASINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

SNOW;

DATA SET; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RAINFALL; SNOW; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MISSOURI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO VALLEY; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62649170211     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1138.1     Document Type: Article

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