El Ninh̃o-Southern Oscillation and snow level in the western United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Svoma, Bohumil M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STORMS;

AIR MASS; CONTINENTAL AIR MASS; DATA SOURCE; EMPIRICAL PROBABILITIES; ENSO SIGNAL; EXTREME VALUE; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; MODERATE VALUE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SNOW COVERED AREA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; TERRA-MODIS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WET-BULB;

SNOW;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; CYCLONE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SNOW COVER; WATERSHED;

PACIFIC OCEAN; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855310081     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016287     Document Type: Article

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