Coreless winters in the European sector of the arctic and their synoptic conditions

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-34

  Bednorz, Ewa ^a   Fortuniak, Krzysztof ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Circulation; North Atlantic; Polar climate; Svalbard; Winter air temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; INFLOW; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84859519898     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-012-0007-2     Document Type: Article

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