Winter snow depth variability over northern Eurasia in relation to recent atmospheric circulation changes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1721-1733

  Popova, Valeria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; EOF analysis; Multiple regression; Northern Eurasia; Recent warming; Snow depth; Variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMSOPHERIC CIRCULATION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; MULTIPLE STEPWISE BACKWARD REGRESSION; SNOW DEPTH;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DEPTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

EURASIA;

EID: 36249019876     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1489     Document Type: Article

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