On the influence of North Pacific sea surface temperature on the Arctic winter climate

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Hurwitz, M M ^a,b   Newman, P A ^b   Garfinkel, C I ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ALEUTIAN LOW; ATMOSPHERIC TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; GODDARD EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; UV INDEX; WESTERN PACIFIC; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EOS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX; WARMING; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84867205743     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017819     Document Type: Article

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