Isentropic constraints by midlatitude surface warming on the Arctic midtroposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 606-611

  Laliberte F ^a   Kushner, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; global warming; moist thermodynamics; moisture; troposphere

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC WARMING; HIGH LATITUDES; MIDTROPOSPHERE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WARMING; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPOSPHERIC WARMING;

TEMPERATURE;

GLOBAL WARMING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84878184521     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054306     Document Type: Article

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