A robust mode of climate variability in the Arctic: The Barents Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2856-2861

  Chen, Hans W ^a,b   Zhang, Qiong ^b   Körnich, Heiner ^b,c   Chen, Deliang ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic climate variability; Arctic Oscillation; Barents Oscillation; Barents Sea; Empirical Orthogonal Function; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; BARENTS OSCILLATION; BARENTS SEA; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84879985025     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50551     Document Type: Article

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