Mechanisms forcing an Antarctic dipole in simulated sea ice and surface ocean conditions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2052-2066

  Holland, Marika M ^a   Bitz, Cecilia M ^b   Hunke, Elizabeth C ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Polar Science Center   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE;

MECHANISMS FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE OCEAN CONDITIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 24644520979     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3396.1     Document Type: Article

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