Characteristics of winter cyclone activity in the northern North Atlantic: Insights from observations and regional modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Tsukernik, Maria ^a   Kindig, David N ^a   Serreze, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; STORMS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; OCEANIC CURRENT; OROGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SIMULATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 34250738499     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007184     Document Type: Article

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