Change in the contribution of spring snow cover and remote oceans to summer air temperature anomaly over Northeast China around 1990

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 663-676

  Wu, Renguang ^a   Zhao, Ping ^b   Liu, Ge ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

INTERDECADAL CHANGES; NORTHEAST CHINA; SNOW COVERS; SNOW-HYDROLOGICAL EFFECT; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84900599208     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020900     Document Type: Article

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