Long-term variability in the low-level inversion layer over the Arctic Ocean

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1297-1313

  Kahl, Jonathan D W ^a   Martinez, Dewayne A ^a   Zaitseva, Nina A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic climatology; Arctic ocean; Arctic temperature inversions; Boundary layer; Inversion layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; INVERSION LAYER; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; LOW-LEVEL LAYER; POLAR METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0030437284     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199611)16:11<1297::aid-joc86>3.3.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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