Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins

• Published in: International Journal of Climatology
• Main Authors: Cassano, Elizabeth N., Cassano, John J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Yukon; Yukon Basin; aleutian low; Chukchi; Mackenzie Basin; Yukon river; Yukon watershed; Alaska
• Online Access: 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

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...