• Index
• Introduction
• Description
  • 2.1 Basin Location
  • 2.2 Sub-basin
  • 2.3 Lakes
  • 2.4 Soil Types
  • 2.5 Vegetation
  • 2.6 Large Scale Atmospheric Forcing
• Equations
  • 3.1 Atmospheric Water
  • 3.3 Surface Water
  • 3.2 Atmospheric Energy
  • 3.4 Surface Energy
  • 3.5 Illustrations
  • 3.6 Variable Descriptions
• Datasets
  • 4.1 CRCM
  • 4.2 CMC
  • 4.3 NCEP-R2
  • 4.4 ERA-40
  • 4.5 Regional Observations
  • 4.6 Global Observations
• Budgets
  • 5.1 Annual Budgets
  • 5.2 Monthly Budgets and Annual Cycles
  • 5.3 Seasonal 2D Budgets
  • 5.4 Interannual Variability
• Discussions
  • 6.1 The 5-y study period
  • 6.2 Budget Annual Cycles
  • 6.3 Budget Parameter Discussions
  • 6.4 Budget Closure and Error Assessments
  • 6.5 Summary and Conclusions
• References

5. Results

5.4 Interannual Variability

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5.4.1 Cloud Cover

Cloud Cover

5.4.2 Evaporation (E)

Evaporation

5.4.3 Dry Static Energy Convergence (HC)

Dry Static Energy Convergence

5.4.4 Latent Heat of Condensation (LP)

Latent Heat of Condensation

5.4.5 Downwards Longwave Radiation at the Bottom of the Atmosphere (LWD_BOA)

Downward Longwave Radiation at the Bottom of the Atmosphere

5.4.6 Upward Longwave Radiation at the Bottom of the Atmosphere (LWU_BOA)

Upward Longwave Radiation at the Bottom of the Atmosphere

5.4.7 Upward Longwave Radiation at the Top of the Atmosphere (LWU_TOA)

Upward Longwave Radiation at the Top of the Atmosphere

5.4.8 Moisture Convergence (MC)

Moisture Convergence

5.4.9 Precipitation(P)

Precipitation

5.4.10 Atmospheric radiative Heating(QR)

Atmospheric radiative Heating

5.4.11 Surface radiative Heating(QR)

Surface radiative Heating

5.4.12 Sensible Heating (SH)

Sensible Heating

5.4.13 Downward Shortwave Radiation at the Bottom of the Atmosphere (SWD_BOA)

Downward Shortwave Radiation at the Bottom of the Atmosphere

5.4.14 Downward Shortwave Radiation at the Top of the Atmosphere (SWD_TOA)

Downward Shortwave Radiation at the Top of the Atmosphere

5.4.15 Upward Shortwave Radiation at the Bottom of the Atmosphere (SWU_BOA)

Upward Shortwave Radiation at the Bottom of the Atmosphere

5.4.16 Upward Shortwave Radiation at the Top of the Atmosphere (SWU_TOA)

Upward Shortwave Radiation at the Top of the Atmosphere

5.4.16 Surface Air Temperature (T2m)

Temperature

5.4.17 Atmospheric Enthalpy (H)

Enthalpy

5.4.18 Soil Moisture (M)

Soil Moisture

5.4.19 Snow (S)

Snow (SWE)

5.4.20 Runoff (N)

Runoff

5.4.21 Precipitable Water (Q)

Precipitable water