Contrasting Eurasian spring and summer climate anomalies associated with western and eastern Eurasian spring snow cover changes

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7410-7424

  Wu, Renguang ^a   Liu, Ge ^b   Ping, Zhao ^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; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE ANOMALIES; INTERDECADAL CHANGES; SNOW-HYDROLOGICAL EFFECT; SPRING SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84904735699     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021764     Document Type: Article

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