Occurrence of winter air temperature extremes in Central Spitsbergen

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 547-556

  Bednorz, Ewa ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONE; GEOPOTENTIAL; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARENTS SEA; FRAM STRAIT; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 81155128595     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0423-y     Document Type: Article

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