Large-scale climate controls of interior Alaska river ice breakup

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 286-297

  Bieniek, Peter A ^a   Bhatt, Uma S ^a   Rundquist, Larry A ^b   Lindsey, Scott D ^b   Zhang, Xiangdong ^a   Thoman, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; ENSO; Large scale motions; Rivers; Storm tracks; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENSO; LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS; STORM TRACKS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; ICE CONTROL; STORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

RIVER CONTROL;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ICE BREAKUP; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; STORM TRACK; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; CHENA RIVER; GULF OF ALASKA; KUSKOKWIM RIVER; PACIFIC OCEAN; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251494500     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3809.1     Document Type: Article

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