Atmospheric and upper ocean environments of Southern Ocean polar mesocyclones in the transition season months and associations with teleconnections

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Claud, Chantal ^a   Carleton, Andrew M ^b   Duchiron, Bertrand ^a   Terray, Pascal ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SEA ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COLD-AIR OUTBREAKS; CYCLONIC ACTIVITIES; HIGHER LATITUDES; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; LOW-ALTITUDE; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MESOCYCLONES; MESOSCALE; POLAR INDEX; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-ICE EDGE; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATIONS; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STORM TRACK; TELECONNECTIONS; UPPER OCEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COLD AIR; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEA ICE; STORM; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 72049098454     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011995     Document Type: Article

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