Synoptically driven Arctic winter states

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1747-1762

  Stramler, Kirstie ^a   Del Genio, Anthony D ^b   Rossow, William B ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Heat budgets; Synoptic scale processes; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC INVERSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; BAROCLINIC WAVES; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; DENSE NETWORK; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; HEAT BUDGETS; HIGH SURFACE PRESSURE; INTERFACE TEMPERATURES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MODEL FORMULATION; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; SATELLITE DATA; SENSIBLE HEAT; SIGN VARIATIONS; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET; SURFACE PRESSURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE-BASED; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; TWO-STATE; WINTER/COOL SEASON; WINTERTIME WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT CONDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SNOW; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC WAVE; CLEAR SKY; HEAT BUDGET; MIXED LAYER; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SNOW; STRATOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79955157021     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3817.1     Document Type: Article

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