Sea-ice anomalies in the Sea of Okhotsk and the relationship with storm tracks in the Northern Hemisphere during winter

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-323

  Mesquita, Michel D S ^a,b   Hodges, Kevin I ^c   Atkinson, David E ^b   Bader, Jürgen ^a,d  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-ICE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE PREDICTION; JET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; STORM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 79751504038     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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