Diagnosis of extended cold-season temperature Anomalies in Alaska

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 453-462

  Shulski, Martha ^a   Walsh, John ^b   Stevens, Eric ^c   Thoman, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN LOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COLD SEASON; CONTINENTAL CLIMATE; HEATING DEGREE-DAYS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; NORTHERN CANADA; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC SECTOR; SIBERIAN HIGHS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD REGION; DECADAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

ALASKA; CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953225563     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3039.1     Document Type: Article

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