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| Title |
The Heavy Winter Snows of 1972-1973 in the U.S. Southwest
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| Author(s) |
Polansky, Michael D.
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| School/Department |
Department of Geography
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| Institution |
University of Denver
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| Degree Type |
Master's
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| Degree Name |
M.A.
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| Type of Resource |
text
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| Degree Date |
August 1974
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| Digital Origin |
reformatted digital
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| Rights Statement |
All Rights Reserved
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| Reason for Restrictions |
No restrictions
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| Type of Restriction |
No restrictions
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| Keyword(s) |
Geography
Geology
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| Genre |
Dissertations, Academic
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| Language |
English
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| Abstract |
The objective of this investigation was to ascertain if there was a dominant weather type which led to the excessive snowfalls in the southwestern United States during the winter of 1972-73. Having identified one, the investigation then describes and portrays the weather type and its associated circulation pattern which produced abnormally high snowfall and compares its activity that year with a relatively normal year in the study area. The research shows that the percentage of widespread snow situations caused by this weather type did not vary markedly from the extreme year to the normal year, i.e. the type was not proportionately more important during the snowier winter. The great variance, however, was in the actual number of occurrences of this weather type during the 1972-73 season as compared to the normal year.
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| Handle |
http://hdl.handle.net/10176/codu:55652
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du_mas_1974_Polansky.pdf
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