Role of atmospheric circulation with respect to the interannual variability in the date of snow cover disappearance over northern latitudes between 1988 and 2003

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   Grippa, Manuela ^b   Le Toan, Thuy ^b   Mognard, Nelly ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CESBIO   (France)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SIBERIA;

EID: 34250617108     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006571     Document Type: Article

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