Abstract: Extreme-value statistics for the maximum depth of soil freezing are developed based on a physical soil freezing model and a semiphysical soil water budgeting scheme. The model uses only daily air temperature, snow depth, ...

Abstract: Extreme-value statistics for the maximum depth of soil freezing are developed based on model-derived soil freezing estimates for the northeastern United States. The model used is shown to be quite accurate at estimating ...

Abstract: Numerous roof collapses throughout the Middle Atlantic and New England States followed the occurrence of two winter storms during the period of Jan. 6–15, 1996. Cumulative horizontal ground-measured snow loads for these ...

Abstract: Agricultural regions located in snowmelt-dominated Mediterranean climate basins have been identified as being highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The Maipo basin in central Chile is one such region. Projections ...