Snow cover in eastern Europe in relation to temperature, precipitation and circulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 591-601

  Bednorz, Ewa ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; NAO; Precipitation; Snow cover; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; PROBABILITY; SNOW; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; SNOW-COVER AREAS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW COVER;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1942434505     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1014     Document Type: Article

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