Trends in snow cover and related quantities at weather stations in the conterminous United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 7518-7528

  Knowles, Noah ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Hydrology; North America; Snow cover; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HISTORICAL TRENDS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; NORTH AMERICA; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; SNOW COVERS; TEMPERATURE TRENDS;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW COVER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

GREAT PLAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947708956     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0051.1     Document Type: Article

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