The role of snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere winter to summer transition

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Barriopedro, David ^a   García Herrera, Ricardo ^a   Hernández, Emiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO); SUMMER NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE (NAM); WINTER CLIMATES;

SNOW;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OSCILLATION; SNOW COVER; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSITION ZONE; WINTER;

EID: 33845625978     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025763     Document Type: Article

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