Influence of the ocean surface temperature and sea ice concentration on regional climate changes in Eurasia in recent decades

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 355-372

  Semenov, V A ^a,b,c   Mokhov, I I ^a   Latif, M ^c  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic ice; Atlantic Oscillation; climate changes; climate of Eurasia; climatic models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 84865475487     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001433812040135     Document Type: Article

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