Regional characteristics of Arctic temperature variability: Comparison of observations with regional climate simulations

Climate Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-192

  Rinke, A ^a   Matthes, H ^a   Dethloff, K ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic climate; Climate variability; Regional climate model; Russian arctic; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARCTIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PAN-ARCTIC; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; SEASONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; STATION DATA; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARMING;

ARCTIC; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77954101748     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00854     Document Type: Article

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