Effects of climate variability and change on snowpack hydrological processes in Finland

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-29

  Irannezhad, Masoud ^a   Ronkanen, Anna Kaisa ^a   Kløve, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Finland; Regime shifts; Snowpack hydrological processes; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; LIQUIDS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FINLAND; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; REGIME SHIFT; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; TREND ANALYSIS;

FINLAND;

EID: 84935024335     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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