Atmospheric meridional circulation impacts on contrasting winter sea ice extent in two years in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 388-400

  Harangozo, S A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ICE COVER; MERIDIONAL ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SEA ICE; VARIABILITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, PACIFIC SECTOR;

EID: 0030748886     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v49i3.14677     Document Type: Article

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