Analysis of the Arctic system for freshwater cycle intensification: Observations and expectations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5715-5737

  Rawlins, Michael A ^a,b   Steele, Michael ^c   Holland, Marika M ^d   Adam, Jennifer C ^e   Cherry, Jessica E ^f   Francis, Jennifer A ^g   Groisman, Pavel YA ^h   Hinzman, Larry D ^f   Huntington, Thomas G ⁱ   Kane, Douglas L ^j   Kimball, John S ^k   Kwok, Ron ^l   Lammers, Richard B ^m   Lee, Craig M ^c   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ⁿ   Mcdonald, Kyle C ^l   Podest, Erika ^l   Pundsack, Jonathan W ^m   Rudels, Bert ^o   Serreze, Mark C ^p   Shiklomanov, Alexander ^m   Skagseth, Øystein ^q   Troy, Tara J ^r   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^s   Wensnahan, Mark ^c   Wood, Eric F ^r   Woodgate, Rebecca ^c   Yang, Daqing ^j   Zhang, Ke ^k   Zhang, Tingjun ^p   more..

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Washington State University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UCAR   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^j University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

ⁿ University of Washington   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^q BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^r Princeton University   (United States)

^s CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Arctic; Evapotranspiration; Freshwater; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SYSTEM; BARENTS SEA; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER CYCLE; FRESHWATER FLOW; FRESHWATER FLUXES; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRINSIC VARIABILITIES; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; ONGOING CHANGES; PAN-ARCTIC; PRECIPITATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; VOLUME FLUX; WARMING CLIMATE;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

WATER SUPPLY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER STORAGE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955638468     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3421.1     Document Type: Article

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