A physical mechanism of the atmospheric response over Antarctica to decadal trends in tropical SST

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Grassi, Barbara ^a   Redaelli, Gianluca ^a   Visconti, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WIND;

ANTARCTIC WINTER; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

METEOROLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33845654346     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026509     Document Type: Article

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