The occurrence of coreless winters in central spitsbergen and their synoptic conditions

Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Bednorz, Ewa ^a   Fortuniak, Krzysztof ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b University of Medicine   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Circulation; Coreless winters; Polar climate; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COLD AIR; POLAR REGION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; FRAM STRAIT; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84859540114     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.12218     Document Type: Article

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