Changes in North American snowpacks for 1979-2007 detected from the snow water equivalent data of SMMR and SSM/I passive microwave and related climatic factors

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7682-7697

  Gan, Thian Yew ^a,b   Barry, Roger G ^a   Gizaw, Mesgana ^b   Gobena, Adam ^b   Balaji, Rajagopalan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate anomalies; Kendall non parametric test; North America; principal component analysis; SMMR and SSM I passive microwave data; snow water equivalent

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE ANOMALIES; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; NORTH AMERICA; SMMR AND SSM/I PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATUM; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT;

SNOW;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; MAGNITUDE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84882795176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50507     Document Type: Article

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