A study of the meteorological conditions associated with anomalously early and late openings of a Northwest Territories winter road

Arctic

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-239

  Knowland, K Emma ^a   Gyakum, John R ^a   Lin, Charles A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; Northwest territories weather; Regional climate; Winter roads meteorology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO; REGIONAL CLIMATE; ROAD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 77954248074     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic977     Document Type: Article

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