An Apparent Relationship between Eurasian Snow Cover and Indian Monsoon Rainfall

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Authors

Douglas G. Hahn · NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

J. Shukla · NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Abstract

A short record of year-to-year variations of summer monsoon rainfall over India is compared with that of winter snow cover over Eurasia as derived from satellite data. An inverse relationship between these two quantities is indicated, i.e., winters with extensive (little) snow cover over Eurasia tend to be followed by summers with less (more) rainfall over India.

Topics & Keywords

Climate variability and models Cryospheric studies and observations Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volume 33, Issue 12, pp. 2461-2462

DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1976)033<2461:aarbes>2.0.co;2

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