On the emergence of an Arctic amplification signal in terrestrial Arctic snow extent

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Ghatak, Debjani ^a   Frei, Allan ^b   Gong, Gavin ^c   Stroeve, Julienne ^d   Robinson, David ^e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Columbia University 918 SW Mudd Hall ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ARCTIC SNOW; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; ICE LOSS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PACIFIC SECTOR; SIBERIA; SNOW COVERS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE SNOW;

SNOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPLIFICATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; EMERGENCE; LAND SURFACE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK;

ARCTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC SECTOR; SIBERIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 78650574215     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014007     Document Type: Article

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