Is a bipolar seesaw consistent with observed Antarctic climate variability and trends?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Schneider, David P ^a,b   Noone, David C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ANTARCTIC CLIMATE; ANTARCTIC STATIONS; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; BIPOLAR SEESAW; CLIMATE RECORD; DRIVING MECHANISM; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; INSTRUMENTAL DATA; NORTH ATLANTIC; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME-SCALES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; CLIMATE MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE CORE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84859112262     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050826     Document Type: Article

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