Arctic Oscillation and ice severity in the Bohai Sea, East Asia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1287-1302

  Gong, Dao Yi ^a   Kim, Seong Joong ^b   Ho, Chang Hoi ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arctic oscillation; Bohai Sea; Climate change; East Asia; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

LARGE-SCALE CLIMATIC VARIATIONS; PLANETARY ARCTIC OSCILLATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZING; SEA ICE;

BOHAI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 34548028978     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1470     Document Type: Article

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