The structure and behavior of the arctic cyclone in summer analyzed by the JRA-25/JCDAS data

Polar Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-69

  Tanaka, H L ^a   Yamagami, Akio ^a   Takahashi, Shinji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic cyclone; Arctic weather; Polar vortex

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CYCLONE; POLAR REGION; POLAR VORTEX; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 84861823255     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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