Arctic sea-ice cover from the early Holocene: The role of atmospheric circulation patterns

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 25-26, 2010, Pages 3457-3467

  Dyck, Sarah ^a   Tremblay, L Bruno ^a   de Vernal, Anne ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA-ICE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; BARENTS SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; DIPOLE PATTERNS; DOMINANT FACTOR; EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS; HOLOCENES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN SEDIMENTS; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-ICE COVER; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; WIND;

ICE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HOLOCENE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; EAST SIBERIAN SEA;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78049435799     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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