The North American summer arctic front during 1948-2007

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 874-883

  Ladd, Matthew J ^a   Gajewski, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air mass; Arctic front; ERA 40; NCEP; North America; Reanalysis

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOREAL FORESTS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; FRONTAL ZONES; GENERAL CIRCULATION; NORTH AMERICAN; REANALYSIS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TUNDRA VEGETATION; VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING;

VEGETATION;

AIR MASS; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; BOREAL FOREST; BOUNDARY LAYER; FRONTAL FEATURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TUNDRA; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77951881386     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1940     Document Type: Article

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