A 'low-level' explanation for the recent large warming trend over the western Antarctic Peninsula involving blocked winds and changes in zonal circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Orr, A ^a   Cresswell, D ^a   Marshall, G J ^b   Hunt, J C R ^a   Sommeria, J ^c   Wang, C G ^d   Light, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

METEOROLOGICAL MODELING; MOUNTAINS; OROGRAPHIC MECHANISMS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; WARMING; WESTERLY; WIND DIRECTION; ZONAL FLOW;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 18544410544     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019160     Document Type: Article

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