Spatiotemporal characteristics of snowpack density in the mountainous regions of the Western United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1416-1426

  Mizukami, Naoki ^a,b   Perica, Sanja ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENSITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MELTWATER; MOUNTAIN REGION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349101311     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM981.1     Document Type: Article

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