A White Christmas or a Christmas Thaw? - Changes in snow cover depth in German-Polish lowlands during the last decade of December against daily circulation patterns

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 579-583

  Bednorz, Ewa ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; SEA LEVEL; SNOW; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; GEOPOTENTIAL; HIGH PRESSURE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SNOW COVER; THAWING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845984353     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0165     Document Type: Article

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