Spatial patterns of variability in Antarctic surface temperature: Connections to the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode and the Southern Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Kwok, Ron ^a   Comiso, Josefino C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; NEGATIVE POLARITY; POSITIVE POLARITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

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EID: 0037101689     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015415     Document Type: Article

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