1. alaskan weather.
- Author
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Shulski, Martha, Prechtel, Anton S., and Fathauer, Ted
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WEATHER ,ATMOSPHERIC temperature ,METEOROLOGICAL precipitation ,SNOW ,SEA ice - Abstract
The article describes the weather conditions in Alaska in March 2006. Although the Arctic Oscillation had a strong personality during March 2006, temperatures were colder than normal just about everywhere in Alaska. Precipitation was more than 50 percent above normal at Barrow, but since spring in the Arctic is a dry time of the year, the snowfall was just a few inches. Sea ice coverage during the month was near normal in Bristol Bay and greater than normal in the central Bering Sea.
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- 2006