Impact of 2007 and 2008 Arctic ice anomalies on the atmospheric circulation: Implications for long-range predictions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 652, 2010, Pages 1655-1664

  Balmaseda, Magdalena A ^a   Ferranti, Laura ^a   Molteni, Franco ^a   Palmer, Tim N ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate forecasts; ECMWF model; Seasonal forecasts

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ICE; ARCTIC SEA-ICE; ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLIMATE FORECASTS; ECMWF MODEL; FIRST-ORDER; GREENLAND; HIGH PRESSURE; LONG-TERM PREDICTION; LOW PRESSURES; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SECOND ORDERS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE EFFECT; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; LONG RANGE FORECAST; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77958602777     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.661     Document Type: Article

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