Influence of the PNA on declining mountain snowpack in the Western United States

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1135-1142

  Abatzoglou, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Hydrology; Snow; Western United States

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; FREEZING LEVELS; MODEL PREDICTION; MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK; POSITIVE VALUE; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SIERRA NEVADA; SNOWMELT; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; FREEZING; LANDFORMS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; WARMING;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958751053     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2137     Document Type: Article

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