Changing northern hemisphere snow seasons

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5305-5310

  Choi, Gwangyong ^a   Robinson, David A ^b   Kang, Sinkyu ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; COLD SEASON; EAST ASIA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SNOW COVERS; SNOWMELT; TEMPORAL PATTERN; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COLD REGION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT;

EUROPE; FAR EAST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958104054     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3644.1     Document Type: Article

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