The winter Arctic Oscillation and the timing of snowmelt in Europe

Details The winter Arctic Oscillation and the timing of snowmelt in Europe The winter Arctic Oscillation and the timing of snowmelt in Europe

Nov 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3122205s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 22, CiteID L22205

Physics

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Global Change: Climate Dynamics (3309), Global Change: Water Cycles (1836), Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Hydrology: Snow And Ice (1827)

Scientific paper

Observations indicate earlier spring snowmelt in the northern hemisphere. We hypothesize that increased temperatures and decreased precipitation due to a positive trend in the winter Arctic Oscillation (AO) have advanced the date of snowmelt. To test this, we modeled snowmelt using the Simple Biosphere model, Version 2 (SiB2) and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis from 1958-2002. The simulated snowmelt dates are consistent with dates derived from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weekly snow charts. The winter AO exerts the strongest influence on the timing of snowmelt in northern Europe, with a weaker influence in eastern Siberia and almost no influence in North America. The winter AO trend can statistically explain 20-70% of simulated snowmelt trends in northern Europe.

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