Glacier variability in the conterminous United States during the twentieth century

Climatic Change

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 565-577

  McCabe, Gregory J ^a   Fountain, Andrew G ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

CLIMATIC FACTORS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; HIGH ELEVATION; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT RAINIER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84872660543     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0502-9     Document Type: Article

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