The role of eastern Siberian snow and soil moisture anomalies in quasi-biennial persistence of the Arctic and North Atlantic Oscillations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Allen, R J ^a   Zender, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; EASTERN SIBERIA; FORCINGS; INTERNAL MODES; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; ROSSBY WAVE ACTIVITY; SNOW COVERS; TIME-SCALES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONVECTION; EVAPORATION; LAND SURFACE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERSISTENCE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; TIMESCALE;

SIBERIA;

EID: 80052543125     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015311     Document Type: Article

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