Twentieth-century surface temperature trends in the western ross sea, antarctica: Evidence from a high-resolution ice core

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3629-3636

  Sinclair, Kate E ^a   Bertler, Nancy A N ^b   Van Ommen, Tas D ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic Oscillation; Antarctica; Climate records; Climate variability; Isotopic analysis; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE RECORD; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SEA ICE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84861350301     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00496.1     Document Type: Article

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