Sea ice, high-latitude convection, and equable climates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Abbot, D S ^a   Tziperman, Eli ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC HEAT TRANSPORT; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAT FLUX; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MIXED LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 40849144241     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032286     Document Type: Article

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