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Trends and Variability in Severe Snowstorms East of the Rocky Mountains
- Identifies the top 100 severe snowstorms in each of six regions of the eastern and central USA over the period of 1901–2013
- Defines severe snowstorms by the areal coverage of snowfall exceeding region-specific threshold snowfall amounts related to significant impacts
- Finds that the median date of occurrence of late season (after Feb. 1) storms is trending toward earlier dates in the southern regions where air temperature plays a dominant role in modulating the occurrence of such storms
- This corresponds with general warming spring temperatures in the USA
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