NAO impact towards the springtime snow disappearance in the western Eurasian continent

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Hori, M E ^a   Yasunari, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; FORCE CONTROL; TROPOSPHERE;

HEAT ADVECTION;

SNOW;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON);

EURASIA;

EID: 17744404324     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018103     Document Type: Article

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