Arctic sea ice variability in the context of recent atmospheric circulation trends

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 617-633

  Deser, Clara ^a   Walsh, John E ^b   Timlin, Michael S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC SEA ICE VARIABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; POSITIVE ICE ALBEDO FEEDBACK; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; SURFACE ALBEDO EFFECT;

SEA ICE;

AIR-ICE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034144615     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0617:ASIVIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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