Impacts of reduced sea ice on winter Arctic atmospheric circulation, precipitation, and temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Higgins, Matthew E ^a   Cassano, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; STORMS;

ALEUTIAN LOW; ARCTIC BASIN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; DIABATIC HEATING; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GREENLAND; HIGH-PRESSURE RIDGES; ICELANDICS; LOW PRESSURES; SIBERIA; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMODYNAMIC CHANGES; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ADVECTION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONE; GEOPOTENTIAL; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 71949111534     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011884     Document Type: Article

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