Forcing of the Arctic Oscillation by Eurasian snow cover

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6528-6539

  Allen, Robert J ^a   Zender, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Arctic Oscillation; Asia; Europe; Forcing; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ASIA; EUROPE; FORCING; SNOW COVER;

ATMOSPHERICS; CAMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SNOW;

ALBEDO; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER; STRATOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84155185297     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4157.1     Document Type: Article

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