North Atlantic Oscillation

Variability

Snow

Data Analysis

Climate variability

• Air-sea interaction
  • Large scale
  • Upwelling
  • Sea ice
• Air-land interaction
  • Snow
• Local responses

Climate predictability

• Linear model

• Analog technique

Snow cover extent fluctuations over Eurasia and NAO persistence

• the relationship between monthly snow cover extent and NAO

• the relationship between snow cover extent from April to October and the DJFM NAO index

Reference:

Eurasian Snow cover and November signal

• number of days with snow cover in November and NAO

• snow cover frequencies in November and NAO

EOF

CCA

POP

MICOM

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