Changes in synoptic weather patterns in the polar regions in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries part 2: Antarctic

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1181-1199

  Lynch, Amanda ^a   Uotila, Petteri ^a   Cassano, John J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Climate change; Global climate model; Self organizing maps; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WIND;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; POLAR REGIONS; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; POLAR REGION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33745929922     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1305     Document Type: Article

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