Reconciling precipitation trends in alaska: 2. Gridded data analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 13,820-13,837

  McAfee, Stephanie ^a,b,c   Guentchev, Galina ^d,e   Eischeid, Jon ^f  

^a Wilderness Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d Research Applications Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; HOMOGENEITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921438168     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022461     Document Type: Article

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