Greening in the circumpolar high-latitude may amplify warming in the growing season

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1421-1431

  Jeong, Jee Hoon ^a   Kug, Jong Seong ^b   Kim, Baek Min ^c   Min, Seung Ki ^d   Linderholm, Hans W ^a   Ho, Chang Hoi ^e   Rayner, David ^a   Chen, Deliang ^a   Jun, Sang Yoon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arctic greening; Arctic warming; Atmospheric circulation; Climate model; Future climate; Surface energy budget; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRESSURE EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84859002194     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1142-x     Document Type: Article

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