A look at the date of snowmelt and correlations with the Arctic Oscillation

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 62, 2013, Pages 196-204

  Foster, J L ^a   Cohen, J ^b   Robinson, D A ^c   Estilow, T W ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWLINE; SNOWMELT; WINTER;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84881593715     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG62A090     Document Type: Article

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