Impact of a reduced Arctic sea ice cover on ocean and atmospheric properties

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 307-319

  Sedláček, Jan ^a   Knutti, Reto ^a   Martius, Olivia ^a,b   Beyerle, Urs ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Climate prediction; Ice loss growth; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC BASIN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATIONS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; HIGH LATITUDES; ICE LOSS; ICE LOSS/GROWTH; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL LOCATIONS; SEA-ICE COVER; STORM TRACK; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STORMS;

SEA ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GEOPOTENTIAL; ICE COVER; OCEAN BASIN; SALINITY; SEA ICE; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84856957141     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3904.1     Document Type: Article

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