Regions of autumn Eurasian snow cover and associations with North American winter temperatures

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1164-1177

  Mote, Thomas L ^a   Kutney, Emily R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Oscillation; Eurasia; Pacific North American teleconnection; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; EURASIA; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SCANDINAVIA; SNOW COVERS; TELECONNECTIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTUMN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; GREAT BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SIBERIAN LOWLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80555158997     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2341     Document Type: Article

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