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CN 11-1768/O4

Mechanism for the Correlation of Winter Fresh Snow Extent over Northern Eurasia and Summer Climate Anomalies in China: The Important Role of Eurasian Winter Fresh Snow Extent
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    Abstract:

    Based on previous studies (Mu and Zhou, 2012), the linkage mechanism between winter northern Eurasian total fresh snow extent (TFSE) and subsequent summer climate anomalies in China is investigated in depth using empirical orthogonal function (EOF) and correlation analysis, with the primary purpose of finding the key region of fresh snow extent over northern Eurasia. The results show that the correlation between mid-latitude fresh snow extent in Europe (TFSE-1) and subsequent summer climate anomalies in China is unremarkable. However, TFSE-1 variability supports the physical mechanism for TFSE summer climate correlation. Thus, TFSE-1 provides a crucial influence on the climatic effects of TFSE. The role of mid-latitude fresh snow extent in Asia (TFSE-2) is unknown. However, winter fresh snow extent in Eurasian middle-latitude regions (TFSE-1-2), which significantly affects the summer climate in China, dominates climatic effects of TFSE because the correlation between TFSE-1-2 and the summer climate in China has a clearer physical mechanism than the correlation between TFSE and the summer climate, which suggests that TFSE-1-2 could replace TFSE in climate forecasts.

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  • Received:April 08,2014
  • Revised:September 10,2015
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  • Online: May 13,2015
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