The seasonal atmospheric response to projected Arctic sea ice loss in the late twenty-first century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-351

  Deser, Clara ^a   Tomas, Robert ^a   Alexander, Michael ^b   Lawrence, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; FULLY-COUPLED MODEL; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; LAND SURFACE MODELS; NEGATIVE PHASE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN CANADA; PRIMARY MECHANISM; SEA ICE CONDITIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SIBERIA; SNOW DEPTHS; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TRANSIENT MOTIONS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WARM AIR; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; SEA ICE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COUPLING; ENERGY BUDGET; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA ICE; SURFACE ENERGY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; SIBERIA;

EID: 77949339441     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3053.1     Document Type: Article

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