Arctic dipole anomaly and its contribution to sea ice export from the Arctic Ocean in the 20th century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Watanabe, Eiji ^a   Wang, Jia ^b   Sumi, Akimasa ^a   Hasumi, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; ARCTIC DIPOLE ANOMALY; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

GEOPHYSICS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE MECHANICS; ICE THICKNESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 34548606156     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028112     Document Type: Article

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