Abstract: Several series of 30-day simulations with a global simulation model are used to evaluate the sensitivities to continental snow cover over North America and Eurasia. The model is initialized with National Meteorological ...

Abstract: Daily observational data for thirty winters (1951?80) are used to test the hypothesis that anomalous distributions of snow and ice cover influence the intensification and/or trajectories of synoptic-scale cyclones. The ...

Abstract: A series of objective specification experiments are performed with monthly 700 mb heights and surface station temperatures for the United States during 1947?80. The errors in these specifications are used in conjunction ...