The probability of precipitation as snow derived from daily air temperature for high elevation areas of Colorado, United States

IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports

Volumn 360, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-70

  Fassnacht, S R ^a   Venable, N B H ^a   Khishigbayar, J ^a   Cherry, M L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Semi arid climate; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROBABILITY; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURE; DAILY TEMPERATURES; ENERGY BALANCE OF THE EARTH; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; PRECIPITATION PHASE; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900400076     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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