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References

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Brown, R.D. 1998. El Niño and North American snow cover. Proc. 55th Eastern Snow Conference, Jackson, NH, June 4-6 1998, 165-172.

Brown, R.D. and B.E. Goodison. 2004. Snow Cover. In Anderson, M.G. et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, (in press).

Brown, R.D. and R.O. Braaten. 1998. Spatial and temporal variability of Canadian monthly snow depths, 1946-1995. Atmosphere-Ocean, 36: 37-45.

Brown, R.D., Brasnett, B. and Robinson, D. 2003. Gridded North American monthly snow depth and snow water equivalent for GCM evaluation. Atmosphere-Ocean, 41, 1-14.

Brown, R.D., M.N. Demuth, B.E. Goodison, P. Marsh, T.D. Prowse, S. Smith and M-k. Woo. 2004. Climate Variability and Change - Cryosphere. Chapter 14 in Threats to Freshwater Availability in Canada, L. Brannen and A. Beliak (eds.), NWRI Scientific Assessment Report Series No. 3 and ACSD Science Assessment Series No. 1, 107-116.

Canada. Minister of Supply and Services Canada. 1986. Climatic Atlas Climatique - Canada, Map Series 2. Minister of Supply and Services Canada.

Canada. Minister of Supply and Services Canada. 1986. Climatic Atlas Climatique - Canada, Map Series 3. Minister of Supply and Services Canada.

Canada. Minister of Supply and Services Canada. 1980. The Climate of the Canadian Arctic Islands and Adjacent Waters, Vol. 1. J.B. Maxwell, Minister of Supply and Services Canada.

Colbeck, S., Akitaya, E., Armstrong, R., Gubler, H., Lafeuille, J., Lied, K., McClung, D. and Morris, E. 1990. The International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground. International Commission on Snow and Ice (IAHS), World Data Center A for Glaciology, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, 23 pp.

Derksen, C., A. Walker, and B. Goodison. 2003. A comparison of 18 winter seasons of in situ and passive microwave derived snow water equivalent estimates in Western Canada. Remote Sensing of Environment, 88, 271-282.

Environment Canada. Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin, January to August 1998 (Regional Analysis)

Environment Canada. Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin, January to August 1998 Temperature and Precipitation in Historical Perspective (National Overview)

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canada's Top Ten Weather Stories For 2005

Environment Canada, MSC. 2000. Canadian Snow Data CD-ROM. CRYSYS Project, Climate Processes and Earth Observation Division, Meteorological Service of Canada, Downsview, Ontario, January 2000.

Frei, A., J.A. Miller, and D.A. Robinson. 2003. Improved simulations of snow extent in the second phase of the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP-2). Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 108(D12): 4369, doi:4310.1029/2002JD003030.

Goita, K., A. Walker, and B. Goodison. 2003. Algorithm development for the estimation of snow water equivalent in the boreal forest using passive microwave data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(5), 1097-1102.

Goodison, B., and A. Walker. 1995. Canadian development and use of snow cover information from passive microwave satellite data. In Choudhury, B., Y. Kerr, E.Njoku, and P. Pampaloni (eds.). Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Land-Atmosphere Interactions. VSP BV, Utrecht, Netherlands, 245-262.

Goodison, B.E., Ferguson H.L. and McKay, G.A. 1981. Measurement and Data Analysis. Chapter 6 in Handbook of Snow, Gray, D.M. and Male, D.H. (eds.), Pergamon Press Canada Ltd., 191-274.

Goodison, B., I. Rubinstein, F. Thirkettle, and E. Langham. 1986. Determination of snow water equivalent on the Canadian Prairies using microwave radiometry. Modelling Snowmelt Induced Processes, IAHS Publication 155: 163-173.

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Hall, D.K., Kelly, R.E., Foster, J.L. and Chang, A.T.C. 2004. Hydrological application of remote sensing: surface states - snow. In Anderson, M.G. et al. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, (in press).

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Leathers, D.J., and M. A. Palecki. 1992. The Pacific/North American teleconnection pattern and United States Climate. Part II: temporal characteristics and index specification. J. Climate, 5, 707-716.

McClung, D. and P. Schaerer. 1993. The Avalanche Handbook. The Mountaineers, Seattle, 271 pp.

McKay, G.A., and D.M. Gray. 1981. Distribution of snow cover. Chapter 5 in Handbook of Snow, Gray, D. M., and D. H. Male (eds.), Pergamon Press, 153-190.

McKenney DW, Papadopol P, Campbell K, Lawrence K, Hutchinson MF. 2006. Spatial Models of Canadian and North American-Wide 1971/2000 Minimum and Maximum Temperature, Total Precipitation and Derived Bioclimatic Variables. Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario): Canadian Forest Service Front Line Technical Note no. 106.

Moore, R.D. and I.G. McKendry. 1996. Spring snowpack anomaly patterns and winter climatic variability, British Columbia, Canada. Water Res. Research, 32, 623-632.

Phillips, David. 1990. The Climates of Canada. Cat. No. En56-1/1990E. Ottawa: Environment Canada.

Phillips, David. 1990. The Climates of Canada. Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services, Ottawa. 176pp.

Pomeroy, J.W. and Gray, D.M. 1995. Snowcover - Accumulation, Relocation and Management. National Hydrology Research Institute Science Report No. 7, Saskatoon, Canada, 144 pp.

Rango, A. 1996. Spaceborne remote sensing for snow hydrology applications. Hydrological Sciences, 41, 477-494.

The Australian National University (ANU). Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies

Walker, A., and A. Silis. 2002. Snow cover variations over the Mackenzie river basin from SSM/I passive microwave satellite data. Annals of Glaciology, 34, 8-14.

Walker, A. and B. Goodison. 1993. Discrimination of a wet snow cover using passive microwave satellite data. Annals of Glaciology, 17: 307-311.

Web Sites

Federal Government

Environment Canada. Canadian Climate Normal's or Averages 1971-2000
Environment Canada. Canadian Weather at a Glance
Environment Canada. Climate Data
Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)
Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Weather information for Canada
Environment Canada. National climate data and information archive
Environment Canada. Operational Analysis Charts
Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service. Regional, National and International Climate Modeling

Provincial/Territorial Government

Goverment of British Columbia. Current snowpack conditions in B.C.
Government of Alberta. Current snowpack conditions in Alberta

Other

Australian National University. Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies. ANUSPLIN
ANUSPLIN is a mathematically sophisticated approach to generating climate maps at varying spatial and temporal scales.
The Weather Network
University of Waterloo. State of the Canadian Cryosphere
 
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