The role of surface energy fluxes in pan-Arctic snow cover changes

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Shi, Xiaogang, Groisman, Pavel Ya, Déry, Stephen J., Lettenmaier, Dennis P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Kendall
• Online Access: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/174836/

We analyze snow cover extent (SCE) trends in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) northern hemisphere weekly satellite SCE data using the Mann–Kendall trend test and find that North American and Eurasian snow cover in the pan-Arctic have declined significantly in spring...