Long-term variability in Northern Hemisphere snow cover and associations with warmer winters

Climatic Change

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-153

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Wolock, David M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR VORTEX; HIGH LATITUDES; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRECIPITATION DATA; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVERED AREA; SNOW COVERS; SNOW PACKS; SNOWMELT; STORM TRACK;

TIME SERIES;

SNOW;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MODEL TEST; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 77149160358     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9675-2     Document Type: Article

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