Characteristics of extreme cold air masses over the North American sub-Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hankes, Isaac E ^a   Walsh, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AIR MASS; ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD AIR; COLD AIR MASS; DATA RECORDS; DECADAL TIMESCALE; LAPSE RATE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; REANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOURCE REGION; SUB-ARCTIC; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIME-PERIODS; WIND SHEARS; WINTER MONTHS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COLD AIR; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SUBARCTIC REGION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND SHEAR;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79958047590     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013582     Document Type: Article

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