Atmospheric controls on Eurasian snow extent

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-40

  Clark, Martyn P ^a   Serreze, Mark C ^a   Robinson, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Composite analyses; Eurasia; Principal component analysis; Snow extent

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER;

ASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0033005370     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199901)19:1<27::AID-JOC346>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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