Seasonal versus transient snow and the elevation dependence of climate sensitivity in maritime mountainous regions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Jefferson, Anne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; RAIN; SNOW; WATERSHEDS;

20TH CENTURY; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS; MINIMUM FLOW; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RAIN-ON-SNOW; WATERSHED AREAS; WINTER PRECIPITATION; WINTER RAINS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DISCHARGE; ELEVATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SNOW; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING; WATER PLANNING; WATERSHED; WINTER;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 80051954950     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048346     Document Type: Article

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