Trends and variability in severe snowstorms east of the rocky mountains

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1762-1777

  Lawrimore, Jay ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^a   Squires, Mike ^a   Robinson, David A ^b   Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a  

^a NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWSTORM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907463154     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-068.1     Document Type: Article

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