An ice-core proxy for northerly air mass incursions into West Antarctica

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1455-1465

  Dixon, Daniel A ^a   Mayewski, Paul A ^a   Goodwin, Ian D ^b   Marshall, Gareth J ^c   Freeman, Rhaelene ^b   Maasch, Kirk A ^a   Sneed, Sharon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Glaciochemistry; International Trans Antarctic Scientific Expedition; Southern Hemisphere westerlies

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRANS ANTARCTIC SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; OZONE LAYER;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE CORE; OZONE DEPLETION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WARMING; WESTERLY;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84864139932     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2371     Document Type: Article

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