Physical mechanisms linking the winter Pacific-North American teleconnection pattern to spring North American snow depth

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5135-5148

  Ge, Yan ^a   Gong, Gavin ^a   Frei, Allan ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD AIR; DATA SETS; DYNAMIC MECHANISM; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FILTERING PROCESS; INTERANNUAL; MIDLATITUDES; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; NORTH AMERICAN; PARTIAL CORRELATION; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PRESSURE CENTER; REANALYSIS; SNOW DEPTHS; SPRING SNOW; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COLD AIR; DATA SET; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON); TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 76649121519     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2842.1     Document Type: Article

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