Severe ice conditions in the Bohai Sea, China, and mild ice conditions in the great lakes during the 2009/10 winter: Links to el niño and a strong negative Arctic Oscillation

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1922-1935

  Bai, Xuezhi ^a   Wang, Jia ^b   Liu, Qinzheng ^c   Wang, Dongxiao ^d   Liu, Yu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic oscillation; El ni o; Ice loss growth; Ice thickness; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; BOHAI SEA; CLIMATE PATTERNS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GREAT LAKES; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE COVER; ICE LOSS/GROWTH; ICE THICKNESS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH AMERICAN; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; SIBERIAN HIGHS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TELECONNECTIONS;

LAKES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ICE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EL NINO; ICE COVER; ICE MECHANICS; ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

BOHAI SEA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 80053219729     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAMC2675.1     Document Type: Article

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