The spatial coherence of interannual temperature variations in the Antarctic Peninsula

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  King, John C ^a   Comiso, Josefino C ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

SURFACE TEMPERATURES; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; CLIMATE REGIME; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL COHERENCE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; POLAR METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037591127     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015580     Document Type: Article

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