The atmospheric response to realistic Arctic sea ice anomalies in an AGCM during winter

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 890-905

  Alexander, Michael A ^a   Bhatt, Uma S ^b   Walsh, John E ^c   Timlin, Michael S ^c   Miller, Jack S ^d   Scott, James D ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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

^d University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITES; SEA ICE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVES;

ICE COVERAGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE COVER; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 1842690032     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0890:TARTRA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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