A new index for more accurate winter predictions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Cohen, Judah ^a   Jones, Justin ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SNOW;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CHAOTIC BEHAVIORS; NEW INDICES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL CLIMATE PREDICTION; SNOW COVERS; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

EID: 80655128183     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049626     Document Type: Article

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