Antarctic climate change during the last 50 years

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-294

  Turner, John ^a   Colwell, Steve R ^a   Marshall, Gareth J ^a   Lachlan Cope, Tom A ^a   Carleton, Andrew M ^b   Jones, Phil D ^c   Lagun, Victor ^d   Reid, Phil A ^e   Iagovkina, Svetlana ^f  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^f VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate variability; Pressure; Temperature; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

MEAN SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE (MSLP); REFERENCE ANTARCTIC DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (READER) PROJECT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODE (SAM); SPATIAL COMPLEXITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 15744391930     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1130     Document Type: Article

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