Observing climate at high elevations using united states climate reference network approaches

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1137-1143

  Palecki, Michael A ^a   Groisman, Pavel Ya ^a  

^a NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate observations; In situ observations; Mountain meteorology; North America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; WIND;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83455245780     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JHM1335.1     Document Type: Article

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