The atmospheric response to projected terrestrial snow changes in the late twenty-first century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6430-6437

  Alexander, Michael A ^a   Tomas, Robert ^b   Deser, Clara ^b   Lawrence, David M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; EURASIA; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MULTIPLE COMPONENTS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SNOW COVERS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LOCOMOTIVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RAILROAD CARS; SEA ICE; SUN;

SNOW;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPOTENTIAL; GREENHOUSE GAS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW; STRATOSPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 78650536423     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3899.1     Document Type: Article

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