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On the inverse relationship between North American snow extent and North Atlantic hurricane activity
Description: The statistically significant inverse relationship is examined between North American snow cover extent during January and North Atlantic hurricane activity during the following hurricane season. To better quantify this relationship the long-term trend and ENSO years were removed from the data. The lightest January snow-cover years (LSY) show sharp increases (40-90%) compared to the heaviest January snow-cover years (HSY) in nearly all measures of Atlantic hurricane activity. [Source: International Journal of Climatology]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3485
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Source: International Journal of Climatology
Publish Date: 3/1/2013
Reading Level: Expert
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