Fluctuations in us freezing rain days

• Published in: Climatic change Vol. 69; no. 2-3; pp. 229 - 244
• Main Authors: CHANGNON, David, BIGLEY, Russell
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.04.2005; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Climate change; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Digitization; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Fluctuations; Freezing; Frequency distribution; Freshwater; Meteorology; Precipitation; Rain; Trends; United States; USA, New England; USA, Rocky Mts; USA, Great Plains; North America, Great Lakes; USA, Indiana, Ohio R. Valley; time series analysis; Century 20th; Climatology; trend-surface analysis; Spatial distribution; Freezing rain; Occurrence frequency; Long term variation; North America

Freezing rain occurrences during a 50-year period, 1949/1950-1998/1999, derived from carefully examined records of 161 first-order stations distributed across the United States, were assessed for temporal fluctuations and trends. Classification of station fluctuations based on five 10-year periods r...