Increasing fall-winter energy loss from the Arctic Ocean and its role in Arctic temperature amplification

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Screen, James A ^a   Simmonds, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC WARMING; DIRECT RESPONSE; ENERGY LOSS; ICE LOSS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA-ICE COVER; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; ENERGY FLUX; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; ICE COVER; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77956214093     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044136     Document Type: Article

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