The 2007 sea ice minimum: Impacts on the Northern Hemisphere atmosphere in late autumn and early winter

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Strey, Sara T ^a   Chapman, William L ^a   Walsh, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; BAROTROPIC; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; GREAT LAKES; GULF STREAM; ICE CONDITIONS; MOISTURE FLUXES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OPEN WATER; POLAR CAP; PROMINENT FEATURES; REMOTE REGIONS; REMOTE RESPONSE; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-ICE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ICE COVER; MOISTURE FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 78649270643     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013294     Document Type: Article

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