Analysis of a link between fall Arctic sea ice concentration and atmospheric patterns in the following winter

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hopsch, Susanna ^a   Cohen, Judah ^a   Dethloff, Klaus ^b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; Atmospheric variability; Climate variability

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; AUTUMN; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 84865126147     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18624     Document Type: Article

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