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The role of snow cover fluctuations in multiannual NAO persistence
Author(s) -
Bojariu Roxana,
Gimeno Luis
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2002gl015651
Subject(s) - snow , snow cover , persistence (discontinuity) , climatology , environmental science , spring (device) , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric circulation , snow line , atmospheric sciences , geology , meteorology , geography , mechanical engineering , geotechnical engineering , engineering
In this article authors explore the relation in the observed data between the Eurasian snow cover anomalies and the NAO variability on interannual to decadal time scales. Results reached in this study suggest that in winter and early spring, NAO type atmospheric circulation influences the extent of snow cover and the snow cover affects the atmosphere in the late spring, summer and early autumn leading to a mechanism that seems to be responsible for the multiannual NAO persistence in the last half century.