Simulations of Arctic temperature and pressure by global coupled models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-632

  Chapman, William L ^a   Walsh, John E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

ACROSS-MODEL VARIABILITY; BARENTS SEA; CROSS-SCENARIO VARIABILITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 33847384599     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4026.1     Document Type: Article

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