A seesaw structure in SLP anomalies between the Beaufort Sea and the Barents Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Wu, Bingyi ^a,b   Johnson, Mark A ^c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEESAW STRUCTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; BAROTROPIC MODE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; BEAUFORT SEA; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 34249867951     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028333     Document Type: Article

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