Trends in average snow depth across the Western United States

Physical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-185

  Grundstein, Andrew ^a   Mote, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952964257     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.31.2.172     Document Type: Article

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