SOME COMMENTS ON THE RECENT STUDIES OF INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS OF NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SNOW AND ICE COVER AND CLIMATE

• Main Authors: ツチヤ イワオ, Iwao TSUCHIYA
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University 1990
• Subjects: Polar meteorology and glaciology; Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=3609; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00003609/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=3609&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

There are no clear relations between hemispheric temperature records and Northern Hemisphere snow and ice cover as a result of examinations for several related papers. However, many regional analyses and theoretical studies suggest the possible climatic roles of snow covered areas. If we exclude urbanization effects on observational temperature records, we can expect an enhanced tropospheric temperature gradient between lower latitudes and northern higher latitudes in the 1980s due to increased Northern Hemisphere snow cover trends during the late 1970s.