The summer cyclone maximum over the central Arctic Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1048-1065

  Serreze, Mark C ^a   Barrett, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC HEATING; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE PATTERN; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SUMMER; VORTEX;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; NORTH POLE;

EID: 44349144567     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1810.1     Document Type: Article

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