Abstract
The inconsistencies between modeling studies of the Indian monsoon-Eurasian snow cover relationship, which support the Blanford hypothesis, are discussed. Recently released Version 2 NESDIS/NOAA satellite-based retrievals of snow cover are used for the purpose. A focus is given on diagnosing spatial and temporal complexity in the Eurasia snow cover distribution. Spatial complexity in snow cover anomalies during both anomalous monsoon years and ENSO events is shown to be large. When correlations between snow cover and monsoon intensity are calculated for regions neighboring India during anomalous monsoon seasons, in which ENSO is weak, robust and statistically significant, negative correlations are found, in support of the Blanford hypothesis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3497-3513 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |
| State | Published - 2004 |
| Event | Combined Preprints: 84th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting - Seattle, WA., United States Duration: Jan 11 2004 → Jan 15 2004 |