The impacts of the PNA and NAO on annual maximum snowpack over southern Canada during 1979-2009

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 388-395

  Zhao, Hongxu ^a   Higuchi, Kaz ^a   Waller, James ^a   Auld, Heather ^a   Mote, Thomas ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual maximum snow water equivalent; The NAO; The PNA

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; GROUND SNOW LOADS; HIGH FREQUENCY; INTERANNUAL; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MEAN VALUES; NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF CANADA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POTENTIAL CHANGE; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW STORMS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; THE NAO; THE PNA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUILDING CODES; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SNOW; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK; WINTER;

CANADA;

EID: 84872610515     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3431     Document Type: Article

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