A record-breaking low ice cover over the Great Lakes during winter 2011/2012: combined effects of a strong positive NAO and La Niña

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 1187-1213

  Bai, Xuezhi ^a   Wang, Jia ^b   Austin, Jay ^c   Schwab, David J ^b   Assel, Raymond ^a   Clites, Anne ^b   Bratton, John F ^b   Colton, Marie ^b   Lenters, John ^d   Lofgren, Brent ^b   Wohlleben, Trudy ^e   Helfrich, Sean ^f   Vanderploeg, Henry ^b   Luo, Lin ^a   Leshkevich, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Great Lakes ice cover; Ice growth; La Nina; NAO; Surface heat budget

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930484604     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2225-2     Document Type: Article

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