Anomalous Arctic surface wind patterns and their impacts on september sea ice minima and trend

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Bingyi ^a   Overland, James E ^b   D'arrigo, Rosanne ^c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic dipole pattern; Arctic surface wind patterns; Central Arctic pattern; Interdecadal variability; September sea ice extent minima; Trend

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SURFACE WIND; TREND ANALYSIS; VECTOR;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 84865111317     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18590     Document Type: Article

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