Impacts of large-scale teleconnections on freshwater-ice break/freeze-up dates over Canada

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 340-353

  Bonsal, Barrie R ^a   Prowse, Terry D ^a   Duguay, Claude R ^b   Lacroix, Martin P ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Climate change; Freshwater ice; Hydro climatology; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CANADA; FRESHWATER ICE; HYDROCLIMATOLOGY; TELECONNECTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OSCILLATIONS; WATER WAVES;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ICE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OSCILLATIONS; WATER WAVES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CORRELATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREEZING; FRESHWATER; ICE BREAKUP; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749509378     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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