Spatial patterns of glaciers in response to spatial patterns in regional climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4606-4620

  Huybers, Kathleen ^a   Roe, Gerard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONTROLS; CLIMATE HISTORY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GLACIER CHANGE; GLACIER VARIATIONS; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SCALE PATTERN; SEASON TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TIME-SCALES;

GLACIERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 70349935698     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2857.1     Document Type: Article

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