RT Journal Article
T1 The role of snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere winter to summer transition
A1 Barriopedro Cepero, David
A1 García Herrera, Ricardo Francisco
A1 Hernández Martín, Emiliano
AB This paper examines the role of North Hemisphere snow cover in the linkage between the winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the summer Northern Annular Mode (NAM). This transition is partially supported by the persistence of the NAO-induced snow cover anomalies and the asymmetric thermal distribution induced by summer snow cover. We define an index of subpolar temperature difference which links winter NAO with the subsequent summer NAM. The index is also significant in the linkage between summer and winter climates and can be used as an useful predictor of the upcoming winter NAO.
PB American  Geophysical Union
SN 0094-8276
YR 2006
FD 2006-07-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50982
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50982
LA eng
NO © 2006 by the American Geophysical Union. The authors would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. The Spanish Science and Technology Department supported this study trough the VALIMOD (Climatic VALIdation of Conceptual MODels) project (REN2002-04558-C04-01).
NO Spanish Science and Technology Department
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025