Investigating the ability of general circulation models to capture the effects of Eurasian snow cover on winter climate

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Hardiman, Steven C ^a,c   Kushner, Paul J ^a   Cohen, Judah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SNOW; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

EURASIA;

EID: 58249085396     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010623     Document Type: Article

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