The role of linear interference in northern annular mode variability associated with Eurasian snow cover extent

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6185-6202

  Smith, Karen L ^a   Kushner, Paul J ^a   Cohen, Judah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular mode; Atmosphere land interaction; Interannual variability; Planetary waves

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR MODE; ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTION; BOREAL WINTERS; CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; IN-PHASE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LINEAR INTERFERENCE; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY WAVES; ROSSBY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE ACTIVITY; SNOW COVER EXTENTS; SNOW COVERS; STATIONARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE-ACTIVITY FLUX;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; FLUXES; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SNOW;

AMPLIFICATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SNOW COVER; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 83755183455     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00055.1     Document Type: Article

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