Role of polar amplification in long-term surface air temperature variations and modern arctic warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3888-3906

  Bekryaev, Roman V ^a   Polyakov, Igor V ^b   Alexeev, Vladimir A ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ICE; ARCTIC WARMING; DATA SETS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; HEAT BUDGET; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; LAND STATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; SPATIAL SCALE; STATISTICAL MEASURES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AMPLIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLAR RADIATION;

ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT BUDGET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 77956909974     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3297.1     Document Type: Article

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