Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins
Abstract The relationship between near‐surface atmospheric circulation, as characterized by sea level pressure patterns, and precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins is presented. A synoptic climatology of sea level pressure patterns based on daily sea level pressure anomalies from the...
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crwiley:10.1002/joc.1926 2024-06-23T07:45:15+00:00 Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins Cassano, Elizabeth N. Cassano, John J. 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1926 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjoc.1926 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/joc.1926 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor International Journal of Climatology volume 30, issue 5, page 658-674 ISSN 0899-8418 1097-0088 journal-article 2009 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1926 2024-06-13T04:24:48Z Abstract The relationship between near‐surface atmospheric circulation, as characterized by sea level pressure patterns, and precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins is presented. A synoptic climatology of sea level pressure patterns based on daily sea level pressure anomalies from the ERA40 reanalysis dataset was created using the method of self‐organizing maps. This objective analysis identified all major near‐surface atmospheric circulation patterns in the region and illustrated the change in dominant circulation patterns throughout the seasons, with strong Aleutian low patterns dominant in the winter and patterns characterized by low pressure over land areas and the Beaufort/Chukchi Seas in the summer. These synoptic patterns were then related to daily precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins. The largest daily precipitation values, for both the Mackenzie and Yukon basins, were associated with patterns that occur most frequently in the summer, likely associated with increased frequency of cyclones and convective events that occur over land in that season. During winter, the largest positive precipitation anomalies were along the coastal mountain range in southeastern Alaska associated with Aleutian lows bringing warm, moist flow from the south resulting in upslope flow on the windward side of these mountains. These patterns were responsible for many of the large precipitation events in the winter in the Mackenzie basin. The largest precipitation events in the winter in the Yukon basin occurred with patterns that have a low pressure centre to the southwest of the basin. This synoptic pattern results in southerly flow advecting moisture into the basin to the west of the higher topography which bounds much of the southern boundary of the Yukon watershed. Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society Article in Journal/Newspaper aleutian low Chukchi Mackenzie Basin Yukon Basin Yukon river Yukon watershed Alaska Yukon Wiley Online Library Yukon Yukon Basin ENVELOPE(-135.000,-135.000,64.282,64.282) International Journal of Climatology n/a n/a |
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Abstract The relationship between near‐surface atmospheric circulation, as characterized by sea level pressure patterns, and precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins is presented. A synoptic climatology of sea level pressure patterns based on daily sea level pressure anomalies from the ERA40 reanalysis dataset was created using the method of self‐organizing maps. This objective analysis identified all major near‐surface atmospheric circulation patterns in the region and illustrated the change in dominant circulation patterns throughout the seasons, with strong Aleutian low patterns dominant in the winter and patterns characterized by low pressure over land areas and the Beaufort/Chukchi Seas in the summer. These synoptic patterns were then related to daily precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins. The largest daily precipitation values, for both the Mackenzie and Yukon basins, were associated with patterns that occur most frequently in the summer, likely associated with increased frequency of cyclones and convective events that occur over land in that season. During winter, the largest positive precipitation anomalies were along the coastal mountain range in southeastern Alaska associated with Aleutian lows bringing warm, moist flow from the south resulting in upslope flow on the windward side of these mountains. These patterns were responsible for many of the large precipitation events in the winter in the Mackenzie basin. The largest precipitation events in the winter in the Yukon basin occurred with patterns that have a low pressure centre to the southwest of the basin. This synoptic pattern results in southerly flow advecting moisture into the basin to the west of the higher topography which bounds much of the southern boundary of the Yukon watershed. Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society |
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Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins |
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Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins |
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Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins |
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Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins |
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Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins |
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