Arctic Oscillation responses to greenhouse warming and role of synoptic eddy feedback

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Choi, Da Hee ^a   Kug, Jong Seong ^b   Kwon, Won Tae ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^c   Baek, Hee Jeong ^a   Min, Seung Ki ^d  

^a Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Ocean Research Development and Institute ^*  (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; DIPOLE PATTERNS; FEEDBACK STRENGTH; FUTURE CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE WARMING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER LATITUDES; JET STREAMS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLEWARD SHIFT; STORM TRACK; VORTICITY FLUX;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ABANDONED MINE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EDDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; JET STREAM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; VORTICITY; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77956482624     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014160     Document Type: Article

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