Lagged relationships between North American snow mass and atmospheric teleconnection indices

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-231

  Sobolowski, Stefan ^a,b   Frei, Allan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Prediction; Snow; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EL-NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC NORTH AMERICAN PATTERN; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TELECONNECTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

CANADA; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847055519     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1395     Document Type: Article

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