Changes in the seasonal cycle of temperature and atmospheric circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7362-7380

  Stine, Alexander R ^a   Huybers, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual variations; Arctic Oscillation; Climate variability; Pacific North American pattern oscillation; Seasonal cycle; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATIONS; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICAN PATTERN/OSCILLATION; SEASONAL CYCLE; TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

METEOROLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84867676010     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00470.1     Document Type: Article

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