Observational evidence for oceanic forcing of atmospheric variability in the nordic seas area

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2957-2975

  Schlichtholz, Pawel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS DATA; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES;

CLIMATOLOGY; DIGITAL STORAGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VORTICITY; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84877639769     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00594.1     Document Type: Article

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