Climatology and recent increase of westerly winds over the Amundsen Sea derived from six reanalyses

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 843-851

  Bracegirdle, Thomas J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Glacier; Pine Island; Reanalysis; Sea level rise; Wind

Indexed keywords

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANNUAL MEAN; ANTARCTIC; BEST ESTIMATES; DECADAL VARIATIONS; DRIFTING BUOYS; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ERA INTERIMS; GLOBAL SEA LEVELS; ICE SHELVES; LONG TERM RECORDS; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; PINE ISLAND; REANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; WARM OCEAN; WEATHER SYSTEMS; WEST ANTARCTICA; WESTERLY WINDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL;

WIND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLACIER; ICE SHELF; ICE THICKNESS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WARMING; WESTERLY; WIND;

AMUNDSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84874789703     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3473     Document Type: Article

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