Winter Atlantic climate and snowfall in the south and central Appalachians
; Weather forecast ; Winter
Winter snowfall over much of the south and central Appalachian region shows a significant inverse association with a winter index of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) teleconnection pattern. The snowiest winters coincide with the negative phase
Winter land breeze in a high latitude complex coastal area
Air temperature ; Atmospheric circulation ; Breeze ; Coastal environment ; Heat island ; Land breeze ; Surface temperature ; Sweden ; Urban effect ; Winter
The winter land breeze (WLB) was studied in an area with complex totpography on the Swedish West Coast. The objectives are to show the horizontal and vertical extension of WLB in a complex landscape and to give a tentative climatology concerning
Analysis of winter and summer glacier mass balances
Alps (The) ; Arctic Region ; Asia ; Climatic warming ; Europe ; Glacier ; Glacier mass balance ; Global change ; Meltwater ; Mountain ; Seasonal variation ; Summer ; Winter ; World
This study compares different seasonal mass balance and interpret the differences between them. The other goal is to analyze data of seasonal mass balance components (winter and summer) for particular glaciers, and between mountain ranges as well
. This is done to obtain a better understanding of spatial and temporal variability in winter accumulation, summer melting, and the resulting annual glacier mass balances for the last several decades characterized by a climatic warming trend.
The likely impact of needle ice processes in the bank erosion system in Lesotho Highlands is examined. It was found that despite the significance of frost activity during winter, rain wash and stream discharge are more effective in sediment
mobilization on stream-banks than are needle ice plays an active role in sediment mobilization throughout much of winter and is an important indirect erosion agent by disaggregating earth materials for easy fluvial removal. - (AJC)
The influence of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and other teleconnections on winter storms in the North American Northeast - A case study
Atmospheric dynamics ; Climate oscillation ; El Niño ; Hail ; North America ; Ocean atmosphere interaction ; Rainstorm ; Surface temperature ; Teleconnection ; Weather type ; Winter
This paper seeks to explore the complexity of the interactions between the synoptic environments under which winter storms in the northeast develop and the ways in which hemispheric and inter-hemispheric forcings can promote/modify the embedded flow
Measurements of bottom temperature of the winter snow cover (BTS) in relation to rock glacier activity, Corviglia, Swiss Alps : a preliminary report
Bottom temperature of the winter snow cover (BTS) has been used as an indicator of the occurence of permafrost. In this paper, the validity of the manual BTS measurement is examined in comparison with the automated mean annual surface temperature
The aim of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the spatial and temporal aspects of central Great Plains snowstorms by : identifying trends in the frequency of snow events from the winter of 1940 to the winter of 1993; determining
The influence of different weather types and local winds on urban climatological phenomena and particle dust load in Gran Mendoza during the winter and spring of 1996
Air mass ; Atmospheric circulation ; Atmospheric dynamics ; Colorado ; Cyclogenesis ; Cyclone ; Midwest ; Precipitation ; Snow ; United States of America ; Winter
. Warming trends in maximum, minimum and average temperatures were discovered for both winter and summer. The results indicate that urbanization and industrialization might influence the average temperature trends. The CDI analysis shows that temperatures
mollusks from the loess sequence in Luochuan, gathered in ecological groups according to the moisture and temperature requirements of the identified species, indicates alternating strengthened summer and winter paleomonsoons between 130,000 and 244,000 yr
Owing to increased winter balances especially since 1988/89, almost all valley outlet glaciers of Jostedalsbreen in western Norway are experiencing the largest advance since that of the early 18th century, the regional Little Ice Age maximum
accumulation on those glaciers coincide with the ablation period. Therefore, the annual mass balance should be calculated neither by giving the place of annual accumulation to winter balance, nor annual ablation to summer balance. Rather, it is better done
Gebel Umm hammad in the Red Sea Mountains east of Quseir, Egypt, today enjoys small but irregular amounts of winter rain, enabling the widening of joint controlled openings in the Thebes Limestone. Cavities are especially affected by flaking, while
A severe winter storm, under conditions of high antecedent moisture and a substantial snow pack at higher elevations, in February of 1996 resulted in rapid flooding and a large number of precipitation-induced landslides. Both ground and aerial