Connecting European snow cover variability with large scale atmospheric patterns
Winter snowfall and its temporal variability are important factors in the development of water management strategies for snow-dominated regions. For example, mountain regions of Europe rely on snow for recreation, and on snowmelt for water supply and hydropower. It is still unclear whether in these...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f34dd8516d1e4108b54733cf293e743e 2023-05-15T15:09:21+02:00 Connecting European snow cover variability with large scale atmospheric patterns E. Bartolini P. Claps P. D'Odorico 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-26-93-2010 https://doaj.org/article/f34dd8516d1e4108b54733cf293e743e EN eng Copernicus Publications http://www.adv-geosci.net/26/93/2010/adgeo-26-93-2010.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7340 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7359 1680-7340 1680-7359 doi:10.5194/adgeo-26-93-2010 https://doaj.org/article/f34dd8516d1e4108b54733cf293e743e Advances in Geosciences, Vol 26, Pp 93-97 (2010) Science Q Geology QE1-996.5 Dynamic and structural geology QE500-639.5 article 2010 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-26-93-2010 2022-12-30T21:17:43Z Winter snowfall and its temporal variability are important factors in the development of water management strategies for snow-dominated regions. For example, mountain regions of Europe rely on snow for recreation, and on snowmelt for water supply and hydropower. It is still unclear whether in these regions the snow regime is undergoing any major significant change. Moreover, snow interannual variability depends on different climatic variables, such as precipitation and temperature, and their interplay with atmospheric and pressure conditions. This paper uses the EASE Grid weekly snow cover and Ice Extent database from the National Snow and Ice Data Center to assess the possible existence of trends in snow cover across Europe. This database provides a representation of snow cover fields in Europe for the period 1972–2006 and is used here to construct snow cover indices, both in time and space. These indices allow us to investigate the historical spatial and temporal variability of European snow cover fields, and to relate them to the modes of climate variability that are known to affect the European climate. We find that both the spatial and temporal variability of snow cover are strongly related to the Arctic Oscillation during wintertime. In the other seasons, weaker correlation appears between snow cover and the other patterns of climate variability, such as the East Atlantic, the East Atlantic West Russia, the North Atlantic Oscillation, the Polar Pattern and the Scandinavian Pattern. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic National Snow and Ice Data Center North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Advances in Geosciences 26 93 97 |
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Winter snowfall and its temporal variability are important factors in the development of water management strategies for snow-dominated regions. For example, mountain regions of Europe rely on snow for recreation, and on snowmelt for water supply and hydropower. It is still unclear whether in these regions the snow regime is undergoing any major significant change. Moreover, snow interannual variability depends on different climatic variables, such as precipitation and temperature, and their interplay with atmospheric and pressure conditions. This paper uses the EASE Grid weekly snow cover and Ice Extent database from the National Snow and Ice Data Center to assess the possible existence of trends in snow cover across Europe. This database provides a representation of snow cover fields in Europe for the period 1972–2006 and is used here to construct snow cover indices, both in time and space. These indices allow us to investigate the historical spatial and temporal variability of European snow cover fields, and to relate them to the modes of climate variability that are known to affect the European climate. We find that both the spatial and temporal variability of snow cover are strongly related to the Arctic Oscillation during wintertime. In the other seasons, weaker correlation appears between snow cover and the other patterns of climate variability, such as the East Atlantic, the East Atlantic West Russia, the North Atlantic Oscillation, the Polar Pattern and the Scandinavian Pattern. |
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Connecting European snow cover variability with large scale atmospheric patterns |
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