The intraseasonal variability of winter semester surface air temperature in Antarctica

Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Yu, Lejiang ^a,b   Zhang, Zhanhai ^b   Zhou, Mingyu ^b,e   Zhong, Shiyuan ^c   Sun, Bo ^b   Hsu, Hsiaoming ^d   Gao, Zhiqiu ^e   Wu, Huiding ^b   Ban, Junmei ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctic climate; Antarctic Oscillation; Intraseasonal variability; Surface air temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLOUD COVER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND; WINTER; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79956129448     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.6039     Document Type: Review

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