Local and remote controls on observed Arctic warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Screen, J A ^a   Deser, C ^b   Simmonds, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; ARCTIC WARMING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; NEAR-SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERIC WARMING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

SEA ICE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE FORCING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WARMING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION; SUMMER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861682814     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051598     Document Type: Article

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