Climate of West Antarctica and influence of marine air intrusions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-67

  Nicolas, Julien P ^a   Bromwich, David H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate; Coastal flows

Indexed keywords

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANNUAL MEAN; ANTARCTIC CLIMATE; ANTARCTIC MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ANTARCTICA; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; CLIMATE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD FRACTION; COASTAL FLOW; CYCLONIC ACTIVITIES; DATA SETS; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE SHEET; LOW PRESSURES; MARINE AIR; NEAR-SURFACE VARIABLES; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTS; PACIFIC SECTOR; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; ROSS SEA; SALIENT FEATURES; SHAPED PATTERN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR; SURFACE MASS BALANCE; TIME-PERIODS; TROPOSPHERIC WINDS;

OPTICAL RADAR; SALINE WATER; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79251547982     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3522.1     Document Type: Article

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