Atmospheric teleconnection patterns associated with severe and mild ice cover on the Great Lakes, 1963-2011

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 421-435

  Bai, Xuezhi ^a   Wang, Jia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Arctic Oscillation; Atmospheric teleconnection; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Great Lakes; Ice cover; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; GREAT LAKES; ICE COVER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LAKES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ICE;

ADVECTION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ICE COVER; LAKE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CURRENT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84873623018     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrjc.2012.009     Document Type: Article

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