Trend reversal in Lake Michigan contribution to snowfall

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2038-2046

  Bard, Luke ^a,b   Kristovich, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Lake effects; Mesoscale systems

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE STUDIES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; LONG-TERM TREND; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; PROPERTY DAMAGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER MONTHS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SNOW;

LAKES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; LAURENTIA; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SNOW; TREND ANALYSIS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 84872158446     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-064.1     Document Type: Article

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