The amundsen sea low

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1818-1829

  Turner, John ^a   Phillips, Tony ^a   Hosking, J Scott ^a   Marshall, Gareth J ^a   Orr, Andrew ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Depressions; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DEPRESSIONS; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; PLANETARY WAVES; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; PLANETARY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84878783771     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3558     Document Type: Article

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