Temperature change on the Antarctic Peninsula linked to the tropical Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7570-7585

  Ding, Qinghua ^a   Steig, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; General circulation models; Southern Hemisphere; Teleconnections; Trends; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTIONS; TRENDS;

SEA ICE;

TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE COVER; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPRING (SEASON); TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84884933997     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00729.1     Document Type: Article

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