Does the Madden-Julian oscillation influence wintertime atmospheric rivers and snowpack in the sierra nevada?

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-342

  Guan, Bin ^a   Waliser, Duane E ^a   Molotch, Noah P ^a,b   Fetzer, Eric J ^a   Neiman, Paul J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Madden Julian oscillation; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; CALIFORNIA; COLD SEASON; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; REANALYSIS; SIERRA NEVADA; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; SNOWPACK ACCUMULATION; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; WATER VAPOR FLUX; WATER YEAR;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80455143099     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00087.1     Document Type: Article

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