Association between modes of variability of January Northern Hemisphere snow cover and circulation

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 197-210

  Walland, D J ^a,b   Simmonds, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; SNOW CONCENTRATION; SNOW COVER; VARIATION;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0031429919     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00865020     Document Type: Article

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