ISPOL weather conditions in the context of long-term climate variability in the north-western Weddell Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 918-932

  Bareiss, Jörg ^a   Görgen, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Climate; ISPOL; Reanalysis; Sea ice; Variability; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS;

SEA ICE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRYOSPHERE; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 43849091806     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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