Specifying monthly mean surface temperatures in Canada and Alaska from the 500 mb height field

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · Journal of Climate; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0631:SMMSTI>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:5368318

Klein, W H ^[1]; Shabbar, A ^[2]; Yang, R ^[3]

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1. Department of Meteorolgoy, Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (US)
2. Canadian Climate Centre, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, Ontario, Canada
3. Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Specification equations for monthly mean air temperature anomalies at 68 surface stations in Canada and Alaska are derived by applying a forward selection screening procedure to simultaneous monthly mean 500 mb height anomalies at 110 grid points in the Northern Hemisphere and the previous month's local temperature anomaly. For the annual average, these equations explain about 72% of the temperature variance (on dependent data) by means of only 4.3 variables, but with marked regional and seasonal differences.

• OSTI ID: 5368318
• Journal Information: Journal of Climate; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Climate; (USA) Vol. 2:6; ISSN 0894-8755; ISSN JLCLE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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