Interannual variability of Great Lakes ice cover and its relationship to NAO and ENSO

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Bai, Xuezhi ^a   Wang, Jia ^b   Sellinger, Cynthia ^c   Clites, Anne ^b   Assel, Raymond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FORECASTING; LAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GREAT LAKES; ICE COVER; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAKE ERIE; LAKE MICHIGAN; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; REANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS;

ICE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ICE COVER; LA NINA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

NIA;

EID: 84863229776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006932     Document Type: Article

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