Ensemble simulations of Eurasian snow-depth anomalies and their influence on the summer Asian monsoon

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 559, 1999, Pages 2597-2610

  Ferranti, L ^a   Molteni, F ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Eurasian snow depth; Seasonal predictability

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033372026     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55912     Document Type: Article

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