Recent radical shifts of atmospheric circulations and rapid changes in Arctic climate system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Xiangdong ^a   Sorteberg, Asgeir ^b   Zhang, Jing ^a   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^c   Comiso, Josefino C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METEOROLOGY;

ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ARCTIC CLIMATES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; CONTRIBUTING FACTORS; EXTREME EVENTS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RAPID CHANGES; SEA-ICE; SHEDDING LIGHTS; SPATIAL CHANGES; TIPPING POINTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA ICE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 60149089139     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035607     Document Type: Article

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